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Medicago polymorpha L.
burclover

   
Symbol: MEPO3
Group: Dicot
Family: Fabaceae
Duration: Annual
Perennial
Growth Habit: Forb/herb
Native Status:  
L48    I
AK    I
HI    I
CAN    I



   
Other common names:
  burr medic
Photograph of Medicago polymorpha L.
Tracey Slotta. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. United States, CA.
 
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Synonyms:
Medicago polymorpha L.

  MEAP3 Medicago apiculata auct. non Willd.
  MEDE13 Medicago denticulata Willd.
  MEHI Medicago hispida Gaertn.
  MEHIA Medicago hispida Gaertn. var. apiculata (Willd.) Urb.
  MEHIC Medicago hispida Gaertn. var. confinis (W.D.J. Koch) Burnat
  MEPO8 Medicago polycarpa Willd.
  MEPOB Medicago polymorpha L. var. brevispina (Benth.) Heyn
  MEPOC Medicago polymorpha L. var. ciliaris (Ser.) Shinners
  MEPOP7 Medicago polymorpha L. var. polygyra (Urb.) Shinners
  MEPOT Medicago polymorpha L. var. tricycla (Gren. & Godr.) Shinners
  MEPOV Medicago polymorpha L. var. vulgaris (Benth.) Shinners
  MEPOA2 Medicago polymorpha L. f. apiculata (Willd.) Shinners
 

Distribution by State:
Medicago polymorpha L.

Distributional Map for Medicago polymorpha L.
Distribution Map Legend

Medicago polymorpha L. distribution:
USA (AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CT, FL, GA, HI, ID, LA, MA, ME, MI, MO, MS, MT, NC, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WY), CAN (BC, NB, ON, QC, SK)

County distributions for the following U.S. states are available at PLANTS:
AL, AR, AZ, CA, FL, GA, HI, ID, LA, MA, ME, MI, MO, MS, MT, NC, NM, NV, NY, OR, PA, SC, TX, VT, WA, WY

 

Related Taxa:
Medicago polymorpha L.

236 genera in Fabaceae, 38 species in Medicago
 

Classification:
Medicago polymorpha L.

     
Kingdom   Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom   Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision   Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division   Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class   Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass   Rosidae
Order   Fabales
Family   Fabaceae – Pea family
Genus   Medicago L. – alfalfa
Species   Medicago polymorpha L. – burclover
 

Noxious Weed Information:
Medicago polymorpha L.

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists.

Arizona:
burclover Prohibited noxious weed
burclover Regulated noxious weeds
 

U.S. Weed Information:
Medicago polymorpha L.

California burclover
burclover

This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above.

STATE Assorted authors. 200_. State noxious weed lists for 46 states. State agriculture or natural resource departments.
 

Introduced Information:
Medicago polymorpha L.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts.
 

 

 
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