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Taxon:  Medicago rigidula (L.) All.



Summary
Genus:
Medicago
Section:
Spirocarpos
Subsection:
Pachyspireae
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Trifolieae
Nomen number:
23668
Place of publication:
Fl. pedem. 1:316. 1785
Comment:
non Medicago rigidula auct. Asian (= M. rigiduloides E. Small)
Verified:
06/10/1987 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
1235 (1214  active, 1176  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Medicago polymorpha L. var. rigidula L.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Medicago rigidula (L.) All. var. rigidula

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Medicago agrestis Ten.
Medicago cinerascens Jord.
Medicago gerardi Waldst. & Kit. ex Willd.
Medicago morisiana Jord.
Medicago muricata (L.) All.
Medicago polymorpha L. var. muricata L.
Medicago rigidula (L.) All. var. agrestis (Ten.) Burnat
Medicago rigidula (L.) All. var. cinerascens (Jord.) Rouy
Medicago rigidula (L.) All. var. morisiana (Jord.) Rouy
Medicago rigidula (L.) All. var. submitis Boiss.
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Reference(s)
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Common names
English
Tifton bur-clover –
Tifton medic –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaAlgeria  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaEgypt  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaLibya  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaMorocco  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaTunisia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusArmenia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusAzerbaijan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusGeorgia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusRussian FederationChecheno-Ingushetia 
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusRussian FederationDagestan 
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusRussian FederationKrasnodar 
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaKazakhstan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaKyrgyzstan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaTajikistan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaTurkmenistan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaUzbekistan  
1NativeEuropeEast EuropeMoldova  
1NativeEuropeEast EuropeRussian Federation-European partEuropean part 
1NativeEuropeEast EuropeUkraine  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeAlbania  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeBulgaria  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeFormer Yugoslavia  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeGreece  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeItaly  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeRomania  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeFrance  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropePortugal  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeSpain  
4NaturalizedEuropeMiddle EuropeCzechoslovakia  
4NaturalizedEuropeMiddle EuropeHungary  
Native
Africa
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia
Asia-Temperate
  • CAUCASUS: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russian Federation [Checheno-Ingushetia, Dagestan, Krasnodar]
  • MIDDLE ASIA: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
Europe
  • EAST EUROPE: Russian Federation-European part [European part], Moldova, Ukraine
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Former Yugoslavia, Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Romania
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain, France, Portugal
Naturalized
Europe
  • MIDDLE EUROPE: Czechoslovakia, Hungary
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Animal foodforage Zohary, M. & N. Feinbrun-Dothan. Flora palaestina. 1966-
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=23668. Accessed 19 July 2025.


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