ACCEPTED FLOWERING SPECIES

Medicago lupulina

Name author: Carl Linnaeus (L.)

A species in the Fabaceae family, accepted in the World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026 edition.

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Botanical classification

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Plant group: Angiosperms · flowering plants
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Medicago
Species: Medicago lupulina
Taxonomic status: Accepted in this release
Name publication year: 1753

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Synonyms & earlier names

Names that this release treats as synonyms of Medicago lupulina. These are scientific names, not a list of cultivars or common names.

62 synonyms in this snapshot · page 1 of 2

Lupularia parvifloraName author: Opiz
Lupulina aurataName author: Noulet
Medica lupulinaName author: (L.) Scop.
Medicago apenninaName author: J.Woods
Medicago appeninaName author: Woods
Medicago brevifloraName author: Gilib.
Medicago canescensName author: Menyh.
Medicago ciliarisName author: Lucé
Medicago corymbiferaName author: W.L.E.Schmidt ex Schltdl.
Medicago cupaniana var. leiocarpaName author: Not supplied
Medicago cupianianaName author: Guss.
Medicago eriocarpaName author: Rouy
Medicago lupulina f. canescensName author: (Menyh.) Soó
Medicago lupulina f. corymbosaName author: (Ser.) Urb.
Medicago lupulina f. leiocarpaName author: Urb.
Medicago lupulina f. polystachyaName author: (Ser.) Urb.
Medicago lupulina f. stipularisName author: (Wallr.) Urb.
Medicago lupulina f. subglabraName author: Pau
Medicago lupulina f. unguiculataName author: (Ser.) Urb.
Medicago lupulina f. willdenowianaName author: (W.D.J.Koch) Urb.
Medicago lupulina prol. cupianianaName author: (Guss.) Rouy
Medicago lupulina subsp. cupanianaName author: (Guss.) Nyman
Medicago lupulina subsp. cupianianaName author: (Guss.) Nyman
Medicago lupulina subsp. eurasiaticaName author: Braun-Blanq.
Medicago lupulina subsp. jalasiiName author: Rothm.
Medicago lupulina subsp. willdenowianaName author: (W.D.J.Koch) Soják
Medicago lupulina subsp. willdenowiiName author: (Mérat) Arcang.
Medicago lupulina subvar. eriocarpaName author: Rouy
Medicago lupulina var. axilisName author: Merino
Medicago lupulina var. canescensName author: Moris
Medicago lupulina var. cinereaName author: Alleiz.
Medicago lupulina var. corymbosaName author: Ser.
Medicago lupulina var. cupianianaName author: (Guss.) Boiss.
Medicago lupulina var. dzumgalensisName author: Ubuk.
Medicago lupulina var. eriocarpaName author: (Rouy) Maire
Medicago lupulina var. glabraName author: Gray
Medicago lupulina var. glanduligeraName author: Neuman
Medicago lupulina var. glandulosaName author: W.D.J.Koch
Medicago lupulina var. hispidaName author: Klett & Richt.
Medicago lupulina var. lupulinaName author: Not supplied
Medicago lupulina var. perennansName author: Halácsy
Medicago lupulina var. polystachyaName author: Ser.
Medicago lupulina var. scabraName author: Gray
Medicago lupulina var. stipularisName author: (Wallr.) Hallier
Medicago lupulina var. unguiculataName author: Ser.
Medicago lupulina var. vassilczennkoiName author: Ubuk.
Medicago lupulina var. willdenowianaName author: W.D.J.Koch
Medicago lupulina var. willdenowiiName author: Asch.
Medicago mniocarpaName author: Wallr. ex Ser.
Medicago reniformisName author: Dulac

About this record

Source: World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026, published June 21, 2026. Taxonomic data is available under CC0. Acceptance, synonymy, and family placement reflect this release and may change with later research. A missing extinction flag is not evidence of a species’ conservation status. Photographs, where available, are separately credited botanical references. This record does not supply cut-flower availability or a guaranteed care schedule.

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