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Southern medick

Medicago turbinata (L.) All.

Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Medicago

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Southern medick: Seeds of Medicago turbinata next to a U.S. dime for scale.
Photo: Ninjatacoshell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

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English
Southern medick

Synonyms

  • Medicago apiculata Bastard
  • Medicago catalonica Schrank
  • Medicago compressa Biroli ex Colla
  • Medicago polymorpha var. tuberculata Retz.
  • Medicago polymorpha var. turbinata L.
  • Medicago pubescens DC.
  • Medicago rugosa d'Urv.
  • Medicago sphaerocarpa Costa
  • Medicago spinulosa DC.
  • Medicago terebellum var. catalonica (Schrank) W.D.J.Koch
  • Medicago tuberculata (Retz.) Willd.
  • Medicago tuberculata f. dextrorsa Urb.
  • Medicago tuberculata f. pubescens (DC.) Urb.
  • Medicago tuberculata f. sinistrorsa Urb.
  • Medicago tuberculata var. aculeata Moris
  • Medicago tuberculata var. apiculata Eichler
  • Medicago tuberculata var. brevispina Rouy
  • Medicago tuberculata var. catalonica (Schrank) Pau
  • Medicago tuberculata var. chiotica Urb.
  • Medicago tuberculata var. spinulosa (DC.) Rouy
  • Medicago tuberculata var. submutica Evenari
  • Medicago tuberculata var. syriaca Tod. ex Urb.
  • Medicago tuberculata var. vulgaris Moris
  • Medicago tuberculata var. warburgiana Evenari
  • Medicago turbinata subsp. spinulosa (DC.) Ponert
  • Medicago turbinata var. inermis Asch.
  • Medicago turbinata var. turbinata

Characteristics

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Lifespan
Annual
In the US and Canada
Lower 48 states: introduced

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0); popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.