Fabaceae
Blue fenugreek
Trigonella caerulea
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Trigonella
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Common names
By language (29)
- Arabic
- حلبة زرقاء, حندقوقي, حندقوقي لوطس
- Armenian
- Տրիգոնելլա կապույտ
- Azerbaijani
- Göy güldəfnə
- Belarusian
- Пажытнік блакітны
- Bulgarian
- Син сминдух
- Chinese
- 蓝胡卢巴, 藍胡盧巴, 卢豆, 小果胡卢巴, 零陵香
- Czech
- Pískavice modrá
- English
- Blue fenugreek
- Esperanto
- Blua trigonelo
- Estonian
- Sinine lambalääts
- Finnish
- Sinisarviapila
- Georgian
- Ულუმბო, Უცხო სუნელი
- German
- Schabzigerklee, Blauer Steinklee, Schabziegerklee, Zigerklee
- hsb
- Módry komonc
- Indonesian
- Kelabat biru
- Japanese
- レイリョウコウ
- Korean
- 청호로파
- Macedonian
- Сина пискавица
- Malayalam
- ട്രൈഗോനെല്ല കെയറുലിയ
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Ostekløver
- Persian
- شنبلیله آبی
- Polish
- Kozieradka błękitna
- Russian
- Пажитник голубой, Голубой донник, Голубой пажитник, Уцхо-сунели
- smn
- Čuovjisčuárviristâ
- Swedish
- Blåväppling
- Turkish
- Mavi çemenotu
- Ukrainian
- Гуньба блакитна
- Welsh
- Ffenigrig glas
- xmf
- Ურცხო სუნელი
Synonyms
- Amoria vivianii C.Presl ex Steud.
- Folliculigera coerulea (L.) Pasq.
- Grammocarpus caeruleus (L.) Schur
- Melilotus caeruleus (L.) Desr.
- Melilotus caeruleus var. connatus (Bernh. ex Rchb.) Rchb.f.
- Melilotus caeruleus var. densiflorus Neilr.
- Melilotus coerulea (L.) Desr.
- Melilotus connatus Bernh. ex Rchb.
- Melilotus hortensis Gaterau
- Sertula coerulea (L.) Kuntze
- Teliosma caerulea (L.) Alef.
- Teliosma caerulea var. decumbens Alef.
- Teliosma caerulea var. sativa Alef.
- Telis coerulea (L.) Kuntze
- Trifoliastrum caeruleum (L.) Moench
- Trifolium caerulea L.
- Trifolium caeruleum L.
- Trifolium melilotus var. caeruleum L.
- Trigonella caerulea subsp. sativa (Alef.) Thell.
- Trigonella caerulea var. connata (Bernh. ex Rchb.) Asch. & Graebn.
- Trigonella coerulea (Desr.) Ser.
- Trigonella connata Meyer ex Steud.
- Trigonella melilotus var. caerulea (L.) Asch. & Graebn.
- Trigonella melilotus-coerulea (L.) Asch. & Graebn.
- Trigonella melilotus-coeruleus (L.) Asch. & Graebn.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Flyout, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Lazaregagnidze, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Zenon Sych, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Zenon Sych, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Zenon Sych, 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.