Fabaceae
Trailing fenugreek
Trigonella procumbens
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Trigonella
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Common names
By language (4)
- Bulgarian
- Пълзящ сминдух
- English
- Trailing fenugreek
- os
- Джедзæ
- Russian
- Пажитник простёртый, Пажитник простертый
Synonyms
- Grammocarpus procumbens (Besser) Schur
- Medicago besseriana E.H.L.Krause
- Melilotus caeruleus var. laxiflorus Rochel
- Melilotus caeruleus var. procumbens (Besser) Spreng.
- Melilotus laxiflorus (Rochel) Friv. ex Griseb.
- Melilotus procumbens Besser
- Teliosma caerulea var. procumbens (Besser) Alef.
- Telis procumbens (Besser) Kuntze
- Trigonella besserana Ser.
- Trigonella besseriana Ser.
- Trigonella besseriana f. remotiflora O.E.Schulz
- Trigonella besseriana f. valida O.E.Schulz
- Trigonella caerulea subsp. procumbens (Besser) Vassilcz.
- Trigonella caerulea subsp. procumbens (Besser) Thell.
- Trigonella caerulea var. besseriana Trautv.
- Trigonella caerulea var. laxiflora (Rochel) Beck
- Trigonella caerulea var. procumbens (Besser) B.Fedtsch. & Flerow
Flowers
- In flower
- June to July (from 15 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Patrick Hacker, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Patrick Hacker, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Tamás Kiss, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Galyna Mykytynets, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Galyna Mykytynets, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: ÖkopatóPál, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Valerii Darmostuk, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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.