EPPO Global Database

Medicago polymorpha(MEDPO)

Overview
Code created in: 2002-02-21

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: MEDPO
  • Preferred name: Medicago polymorpha
  • Authority: Linnaeus

Notes

Western Europe, Mediterranean, Caucasus, Central Asia, Western Asia, Himalayas, Ethiopia. Introduced in eastern Europe, India, Bangladesh, Indochina (Vietnam), Malesia (Philippines), China, Japan, Korea, Angola and Mozambique to South Africa, USA (western, Texas, Florida, northeast), Mexico, Central America, Caribbean, South America (Venezuela to Chile, Bolivia, Argentina,Uruguay, southern Brazil), Australia, New Zealand

WSSA list of weeds in North America


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Medicago denticulata Willdenow
Medicago hispida Gärtner
Medicago lappacea Desrousseaux
Medicago loretii Albert
Medicago nigra (Linnaeus) Krocker
Medicago nigra subsp. microcarpa (Urban) Bolòs & Vigo
Medicago nigra subsp. nigra (Linnaeus) Krocker
Medicago pentacycla de Candolle
Medicago polycarpa Willdenow
Medicago polymorpha subsp. hispida (Gärtner) Ponert
Medicago polymorpha subsp. polycarpa (Godron) Romero Zarco
Medicago polymorpha var. vulgaris (Bentham) Shinners
Medicago reticulata Bentham

Common names
Name Language
bur clover English
burr medick English (AU)
California bur clover English
hairy medick English (GB)
rough medick English
toothed medick English (GB)
Borstenschneckenklee German
gemeiner Schneckenklee German
gezähnter Schneckenklee German
rauhe Luzerne German
rauher Schneckenklee German
schwarzer Schneckenklee German
stacheliger Schneckenklee German
steifhaariger Schneckenklee German
Wollklette German
luzerne à nombreux fruits French
luzerne fausse-bardane French
luzerne hérissée French
luzerne hispide French
luzerne polymorphe French
luzerne réticulée French
alfalfa de secano Spanish
alfalfilla Spanish (BO)
cadillo de vaca Spanish (NI)
carretilla Spanish (HN)
carretillas Spanish
carretón común Spanish
carretón de amores Spanish
carretones Spanish
mancaperros Spanish
mielga de caracolillo Spanish
rodajilla Spanish (CO)
torteruelas Spanish
erba-medica polimorfa Italian
medica ispida Italian
ruige rupsklaver Dutch
carrapiço Portuguese
carriço Portuguese
luzerna Portuguese
luzerna-preta Portuguese
trevo-preto Portuguese
tagglusern Swedish
umagoyashi Japanese
ウマゴヤシ Japanese
люцерна зубчатая Russian
erken yonca Turkish
kırk yonca Turkish
aspeset metzuyah Hebrew
אַסְפֶּסֶת מְצוּיָה Hebrew
déli lucerna Hungarian
jonxha e dhëmbëzuar Albanian
jonxhë Albanian
maina Bengali
изменчива люцерна Bulgarian
melgó de llapassa Catalan
nán mù xu Chinese
南苜蓿 Chinese
oštrodlakava vija Croatian
tolice mnohotvará Czech
tolice srstnatá Czech
개자리 Korean
gae ja ri Korean
говеђа детелина Serbian
tolica čierna Slovak
mnogolična meteljka Slovene
люцерна зубчаста Ukrainian
maglys eiddiog Welsh