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Alfalfa

Medicago ruthenica (L.) Trautv.

Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Medicago

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Common names

By language (2)
Chinese
辽西扁蓿豆, 扁蓿豆, 毛尼音-其日格, 温都格乐金-其日格, 遼西扁蓿豆, 阴山扁蓿豆, 陰山扁蓿豆, 花苜蓿
English
Alfalfa

Synonyms

  • Medicago korshinskyi (Grossh.) Kamelin & Gubanov
  • Medicago liaosiensis (P.Y.Fu & Y.A.Chen) X.Y.Zhu & Y.F.Du
  • Medicago ruthenica var. chinensis Širj.
  • Medicago ruthenica var. inschanica (H.C.Fu & Y.Q.Jiang) X.Y.Zhu
  • Medicago ruthenica var. petraea Vassilcz.
  • Melilotoides korshinskyi (Grossh.) Czerep.
  • Melilotoides ruthenica (L.) Soják
  • Melilotoides ruthenica var. inschanica (H.C.Fu & Y.Q.Jiang) H.C.Fu & Y.Q.Jiang
  • Melilotoides ruthenica var. liaosiensis (P.Y.Fu & Y.A.Chen) H.C.Fu & Y.Q.Jiang
  • Melilotoides ruthenica var. oblongifolia (Fr. ex Schischk.) H.C.Fu & Y.Q.Jiang
  • Melilotoides ruthenica var. tianzhuensis C.L.Xu
  • Melissitus koraiensis (Vassilcz.) Latsch.
  • Melissitus korshinskyi (Grossh.) Latsch.
  • Melissitus liaosiensis (P.Y.Fu & Y.A.Chen) Yakovlev
  • Melissitus ruthenicus (L.) Latsch.
  • Melissitus ruthenicus var. inschanicus (H.C.Fu & Y.Q.Jiang) H.C.Fu & Y.Q.Jiang
  • Melissitus ruthenicus var. liaosiensis (P.Y.Fu & Y.A.Chen) H.C.Fu & Y.Q.Jiang
  • Melissitus ruthenicus var. oblongifolius (Fr. ex Schischk.) H.C.Fu & Y.Q.Jiang
  • Pocockia liaosiensis P.Y.Fu & Y.A.Chen
  • Pocockia ruthenica (L.) Boiss.
  • Pocockia ruthenica var. inschanica H.C.Fu & Y.Q.Jiang
  • Pocockia ruthenica var. liaosiensis (P.Y.Fu & Y.A.Chen) H.C.Fu & Y.Q.Jiang
  • Trigonella koraiensis Vassilcz.
  • Trigonella korshinskyi Grossh.
  • Trigonella ruthenica L.
  • Trigonella ruthenica f. oblongifolia Fr. ex Schischk.
  • Trigonella ruthenica var. petraea Vassilcz.
  • Trigonella ruthenica var. robusta Vassilcz.
  • Turukhania ruthenica (L.) N.S.Pavlova

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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.