Fabaceae
Barrelclover
Medicago truncatula
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Medicago
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Common names
By language (11)
- Arabic
- فصة برميلية, قُرْقَيش
- arz
- فصه برميليه
- Chinese
- 蒺藜苜蓿
- English
- Barrelclover, Barrel medic
- Finnish
- Palikkamailanen
- French
- Luzerne tronquée
- Persian
- یونجه سربریده
- Russian
- M. truncatula
- Slovenian
- Trnata meteljka
- Swedish
- Tornlusern
- Welsh
- Maglys pigog
Synonyms
- Medica tribuloides (Desr.) Bubani
- Medicago crassispina Vis.
- Medicago glabella C.Presl
- Medicago hornemanniana Ser.
- Medicago polymorpha var. tribuloides Desf.
- Medicago pubescens Hornem.
- Medicago tentaculata Willd.
- Medicago tribuloides Desr.
- Medicago tribuloides f. longepedunculata Pau
- Medicago tribuloides prol. tentaculata (Willd.) Rouy
- Medicago tribuloides subsp. truncatula (Gaertn.) Nyman
- Medicago tribuloides var. breviaculeata Moris
- Medicago tribuloides var. cosyrensis Sommier
- Medicago tribuloides var. heteracantha Loret & Barrandon
- Medicago tribuloides var. loneiaculeata (Urb.) Ball
- Medicago tribuloides var. muricata Menezes
- Medicago tribuloides var. narbonensis Ser.
- Medicago tribuloides var. rectiuscula Rouy
- Medicago tribuloides var. subinermis Bég. & A.Vacc.
- Medicago tribuloides var. tentaculata (Willd.) P.Fourn.
- Medicago tribuloides var. truncatula (Gaertn.) W.D.J.Koch
- Medicago tribuloides var. uncinata (Willd.) Rouy
- Medicago truncata Gaertn.
- Medicago truncatula f. dextrorsa Urb.
- Medicago truncatula f. dextrorsa Urb.
- Medicago truncatula f. laxicycla E.Small
- Medicago truncatula f. sinistrorsa Urb.
- Medicago truncatula f. sinistrorsa Urb.
- Medicago truncatula f. tricycla Nègre
- Medicago truncatula f. uncinata (Willd.) K.A.Lesins & I.Lesins
- Medicago truncatula subsp. longiaculeata (Urb.) Ponert
- Medicago truncatula subsp. truncatula
- Medicago truncatula var. breviaculeata (Moris) Urb.
- Medicago truncatula var. cosyrensis (Sommier) Fiori
- Medicago truncatula var. heteracantha (Loret) Loret & Barrandon
- Medicago truncatula var. laciniata Batt.
- Medicago truncatula var. laxicycla (E.Small) E.Small
- Medicago truncatula var. longeaculeata Urb.
- Medicago truncatula var. longiaculeata Urb.
- Medicago truncatula var. narbonensis Ser.
and 8 more.
Flowers
- In flower
- February to May, July to September (from 32 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Karim Haddad, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Shaun Swanepoel, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Nicola van Berkel, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ninjatacoshell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Louis Aureglia, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ninjatacoshell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: gonzalez gab, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Ninjatacoshell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Adriano De A., CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ninjatacoshell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: 🌿 Clement Devaux - LEEPS 🌿, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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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.