Medicago minima Calflora

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Taxon Report

Medicago minima (L.) Bartal.

Burclover, Burr medick, Small bur clover

2023 Donald Burk

2024 Doug Sommerville

2020 george lawton

2020 Ecological Concerns Inc

2007 Luigi Rignanese

Medicago minima is an annual herb that is not native to California.


	Plant Range Observation Search ~92 records in California Plant Characteristics

Bloom Period

Photos on Calflora


Genus:	Medicago
Family:	Fabaceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + PLANTS

Alternate Names:


PLANTS	Medicago minima var. compacta
PLANTS	Medicago minima var. longiseta
PLANTS	Medicago minima var. pubescens
JEF	Medicago polymorpha var. minima

Information about Medicago minima from other sources


Jepson eFlora USDA PLANTS Profile (MEMI) Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist	ITIS Original Publication citation International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) BONAP Distribution Map Consortium of California Herbaria 2	Add an Observation Location Suitability Distribution by County
[texasinvasives.org] Biology: Medicago minima forms a symbiotic relationship with the bacterium Sinorhizobium meliloti, which is capable of nitrogen fixation. (link added by Mary Ann Machi) photos / record / common / links

Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2024. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 11/21/2024).