Medicago lupulina L.

Medicago lupulina L.

Status: Accepted
Genus: Medicago L.
Tribe: Trifolieae
References: [454][754][801][2016][2080]

Other names:

Medicago appenina J.Woods [Doubtful] [754]
Medicago cupaniana Guss. [Synonym] [454]
Medicago lupulina L. Subsp. cupaniana (Guss.)Nyman [Synonym] [454]
Medicago lupulina L. Subsp. eurasiatica Braun-Blanquet [Synonym] [454]
Medicago wildenowii Merat [Synonym] [454]

Common Names:

Black Medic [1915] [2183] [2362] [1902]
Black Medick [2008] [2080] [2153] [1915] [1862]
Hop Clover [2153]
Hopfenklee [2205] [2444]
Luzerne Lupuline [2459]
Minette [1915] [2459]
TrＣol Amarillo [1470]
Yellow Trefoil [2089]

Descriptors:

Habit:
- Herb
Lifespan:
- Annual
- Perennial
Stems:
- Not climbing
Source(s):
- 1988(Africa)Lock JM
- 1988(Americas)Zarucchi JL
- 1988(Europe)ESFEDS
- 1990(New Zealand & Pacific)Horn P
- 1991(W Asia)Lock JM & Simpson K
- 1993 Adams BR
- 1993(Indian Ocean)Lock JM & Ireland H
- 1995(Europe)Adams BR
Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator:
- 1991/1993 Heyn CC & Heller D
Conservation Status:
- Not Threatened

Uses:

Environmental [1862]
Forage [1862] [1915] [1919] [2016] [2459] [754]
Weed [2016]

Geographical Distribution:

Africa [24] [210] [454] [580] [1862]
- Algeria [454]
- Canary Is [1862]
- Egypt [454]
- Ethiopia [24]
- Kenya [210]
- Libya [454]
- Morocco [454]
- Somalia [210]
- South Africa [580]
- Tanzania [210]
- Tunisia [454]

Asia [1179] [1861] [1862] [1878] [1914] [1930] [1938] [2015]
- Afghanistan [1878]
- China [1179]
- India [1862] [1914]
- Iran [1861]
- Iraq [1862]
- Japan [1930]
- Mongolia [2015]
- Pakistan [1862] [1938]
- Taiwan [1179]
- USSR [2015]

Australasia [1880]
- Australia [1880]
  - New South Wales [1880]
  - Queensland [1880]
  - South Australia [1880]
  - Victoria [1880]
  - Western Australia [1880]
- Tasmania [1880]

Caribbean [2153] [2157]
- Bahamas [2153]
- Dominican Republic [2157]
- Haiti [2157]

Central America [1117] [1460] [1470] [1645] [2157] [2233]
- Guatemala [1645] [2157]
- Mexico(North & Central) [1460] [1470] [2233]
- Mexico(South East) [1117] [1460]

Europe [454] [754] [1869] [1883] [2183] [2196] [2205] [2306] [2309] [2311] [2443] [2444] [2459] [2460]
- Albania [454] [754]
- Austria [754]
- Azores [754]
- Balearic Is [454] [754]
- Belgium [2459] [2460]
- Bulgaria [454] [754] [2309]
- Corsica [454] [754]
- Czechoslovakia [754]
- Denmark [754]
- Finland [754]
- Foroyar [754]
- France [454] [754]
- Germany [754]
- Great Britain [754] [2183]
- Greece [454] [754] [2311]
- Hungary [754]
- Iceland [754]
- Ireland [754]
- Italy [454] [754] [1883]
- Kriti [454] [754] [2306]
- Liechtenstein [2444]
- Luxembourg [2459] [2460]
- Malta [454] [2443]
- Netherlands [754]
- Norway [754]
- Poland [754]
- Portugal [454] [754]
- Romania [754]
- Sardegna [454] [754]
- Sicilia [454]
- Spain [454] [754] [2196]
- Sweden [754]
- Switzerland [754] [2205]
- Turkey in Europe [454] [754] [1869]
- USSR:B-F.E. [754]
- USSR:C-F.E. [754]
- USSR:E-F.E. [754]
- USSR:K-F.E. [754]
- USSR:N-F.E. [754]
- USSR:W-F.E. [754]
- Yugoslavia [454] [754]

Indian Ocean [1915]
- Mauritius [1915]
- Reunion [1915]

Middle East [454] [1859] [1862] [1896]
- Cyprus [454]
- East Aegean Is(Greek) [454]
- Israel-Jordan [454]
- Lebanon [1862]
- Saudi Arabia [1859]
- Syria [1862]
- Turkey in Asia [454]
- Yemen [1896]

North America [1115] [1119] [1271] [1324] [1325] [1431] [1434] [1673] [1680]
- Alaska-Aleutian Is [1115] [1431]
- Canada [1115]
- United States [1119] [1271] [1324] [1325] [1431] [1434] [1673] [1680]

Pacific Ocean [1949] [2080]
- Chatham Is [2080]
- Hawaii [1949]
- Kermadec Is [2080]
- New Zealand(North) [2080]
- New Zealand(South) [2080]

South America [1289] [1442] [1444] [2233]
- Argentina [2233]
- Bolivia [1289]
- Brazil [2233]
- Chile [1444]
- Colombia [2233]
- Peru [1442]

Notes:

Seed is sometimes used to adulterate alfalfa. [1862] [754]

Last Update: 14/06/2001 14:46:38