Fabaceae
Southern medick
Medicago turbinata
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Medicago
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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
Photos
Photo: Ninjatacoshell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.