Fabaceae
Tifton burclover
Medicago rigidula
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Medicago
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Common names
By language (6)
- Arabic
- فصة صلبة
- Bulgarian
- Твърда люцерна, Бондева люцерна, Medicado bondevii
- English
- Tifton burclover
- Hungarian
- Keménytövisű lucerna
- Slovenian
- Toga meteljka
- Swedish
- Styvlusern
Synonyms
- Medica muricata (All.) Bubani
- Medica villosa Bubani
- Medicago agrestis Ten.
- Medicago banofcensis Kit.
- Medicago bondevii Kožuharov
- Medicago cinerascens Jord.
- Medicago cinerascens var. longiseta Lamotte
- Medicago depressa Jord.
- Medicago gaditana Pérez Lara ex Willk.
- Medicago gerardi Willd.
- Medicago gerardi Waldst. & Kit. ex Willd.
- Medicago gerardi subsp. agrestis (Ten.) Bonnier & Layens
- Medicago gerardi var. minor Ser.
- Medicago gerardi var. submitis Boiss.
- Medicago gerardii var. minor Ser.
- Medicago gerardii var. submitis Boiss.
- Medicago germana Jord.
- Medicago hirsuta Thuill.
- Medicago italica var. muricata (All.) Fiori
- Medicago mitis Willd. ex Urb.
- Medicago morisiana Jord.
- Medicago muricata All.
- Medicago muricata (L.) Desr.
- Medicago obscura f. muricata (All.) Urb.
- Medicago obscura var. muricata Urb.
- Medicago obscura var. muricata (L.) Rouy
- Medicago polymorpha var. muricata L.
- Medicago polymorpha var. rigidula L.
- Medicago pseudo-gerardi Schur
- Medicago pseudogerardi Schur
- Medicago rigidula f. cinerascens (Jord.) Kožuharov
- Medicago rigidula f. discoidea Kožuharov
- Medicago rigidula f. elegans Kožuharov
- Medicago rigidula f. pastoralis Kožuharov
- Medicago rigidula f. submitis (Boiss.) Kožuharov
- Medicago rigidula f. subnudulosa Kožuharov
- Medicago rigidula f. viscidula Kožuharov
- Medicago rigidula f. viscosa Kožuharov
- Medicago rigidula subsp. agrestis (Ten.) Rouy
- Medicago rigidula subsp. cinerascens (Jord.) Ponert
and 24 more.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Marco Iocchi, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jean.claude, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.