Herbs annual. Legumes coiled, dorsal suture prickly, tuberculate, or smooth, coils rarely paper-thin at dorsal suture. Seeds smooth; radicle mostly 1/2(–2/3) seed length. Cotyledons epulvinate.

Distribution

Introduced; Europe, Asia, Africa, introduced also in South America, Pacific Islands (New Zealand), Australia.

Discussion

Species ca. 35 (9 in the flora).

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

Medicago arabica, Medicago laciniata, Medicago minima, Medicago polymorpha, Medicago praecox, Medicago rigidula, Medicago scutellata, Medicago truncatula, Medicago turbinata