Medicago minima (L.) L.

FABACEAE

- Pea family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)

Taxon Page:

Name: Medicago minima (L.) L.

Nomencl. ref.: Fl. Angl.: 21 (1754)
Rank: species

Images of Medicago minima

Common names

U.S. name: Little bur-clover

English name: bur medick

English name: little bur-clover

Italian name: Erba medica minore

Grown habit: Forb/herb
Duration: Annual

Synonyms:
= Medicago minima (L.) L. var. compacta Neyraut
= Medicago minima (L.) L. var. longiseta DC.
= Medicago minima (L.) L. var. pubescens Webb

Subspecies / Varieties:
1) Medicago minima (L.) L. var. compacta Neyraut
2) Medicago minima (L.) L. var. longiseta DC.
3) Medicago minima (L.) L. var. pubescens Webb

TAXONOMY

Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Rosidae
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Medicago
Species:

Page counter: 886 ( AVG: 221.44 / 290.173 )

Gallery:

Medicago minima
Hippolyte Coste - Flore descriptive et illustrée de la France, de la Corse et des contrées limitrophes, 1901-1906 - This image is in public domain because its copyright has expired.

Medicago minima
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Comune di Trieste, località Basovizza/Bazovica, nei pressi della Grotta Nera, TS, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

Medicago minima
Jan Kops et al. - Flora Batava - Permission granted to use under GFDL by Kurt Stueber. Source: www.biolib.de - Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this image under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License".

Medicago minima
Credit: Photo by L.R.

Medicago minima
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Comune di Venezia, Isola del Lido, località Alberoni, pineta., VE, Veneto, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

Medicago minima
Credit: Photo by Enrico Romani

Medicago minima
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Comune di Trieste, Monte valerio., TS, FVG, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

Medicago minima
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Isola di Marettimo, a monte del paese, lungo il sentiero., TP, Sicilia, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

Medicago minima
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Comune di Duino Aurisina, nei pressi dell'ex scuola alberghiera, TS, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

Medicago minima

Medicago minima
Credit: Photo by L.R.

Medicago minima
Steve Hurst - USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database - Not copyrighted image

Medicago minima
Credit: Photo by Enrico Romani

Medicago minima

Medicago minima
Walter Hood Fitch - Illustrations of the British Flora (1924) - Permission granted to use under GFDL by Kurt Stueber. Source: www.biolib.de - Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this image under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License".

Medicago minima
Credit: Photo by L.R.

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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
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Distributional map for Medicago minima (L.) L.
Map for Medicago minima (L.) L.
(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA

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More species:
1) Medicago minima (L.) L. var. compacta Neyraut [169]
2) Medicago minima (L.) L. var. pubescens Webb [152]
3) Medicago murex Willd. [2116]
4) Medicago noeana Boiss. [324]
5) Medicago orbicularis (L.) Bartal. [1391]
6) Medicago polymorpha L. [5632]
7) Medicago polymorpha L. var. tricycla (Gren. & Godr.) Shinners [90]
8) Medicago ruthenica (L.) Trautv. [301]
9) Medicago soleirolii Duby [304]
10) Medicago turbinata (L.) All. [548]

23-Apr-2024 - Week-17