Medicago sativa(MEDSA)
Overview Code created in: 2002-02-21
- EPPO Code: MEDSA
- Preferred name: Medicago sativa
- Authority: Linnaeus
Probably originating in eastern Europe or central Asia, and under cultivation as a forage crop since ancient times. Now European and Mediterranean region, Siberia, Russian Far East, Western and Central Asia, Indian subcontinent, China, Japan, Korea, southern Africa, southern USA, Mexico, Caribbean, western and southern South America, Australia, New Zealand
WSSA list of weeds in North America
| Name | Authority |
|---|---|
| Medicago sativa subsp. sativa | Linnaeus |
| Medicago vulgaris | Alefeld |
| Name | Language |
|---|---|
| alfalfa | English (US) |
| lucerne | English (GB) |
| purple medick | English |
| blaue Luzerne | German |
| gewöhnliche Luzerne | German |
| Luzerne | German |
| Saatluzerne | German |
| luzerne | French |
| luzerne commune | French |
| luzerne cultivée | French |
| alfalfa | Spanish |
| alfalfa común | Spanish |
| alfauce | Spanish |
| almierca | Spanish |
| amelca | Spanish |
| amielcas | Spanish |
| mielcón | Spanish |
| mielga | Spanish |
| erba medica | Italian |
| erba medica coltivata | Italian |
| erba regia | Italian |
| erba Spagna | Italian |
| medica | Italian |
| luzerne | Dutch |
| feno-de-borgonha | Portuguese |
| luzerna | Portuguese |
| luzerna-da-suécia | Portuguese |
| luzerna-de-sequeiro | Portuguese |
| melga | Portuguese |
| melga-dos-pratos | Portuguese |
| blåluzern | Swedish |
| arufarufa | Japanese |
| murasaki-umagoyashi | Japanese |
| rûsan | Japanese |
| umagoyashi | Japanese |
| アルフアルファ | Japanese |
| ウマゴヤシ | Japanese |
| ムラサキウマゴヤシ | Japanese |
| ルーサン | Japanese |
| люцерна посевная | Russian |
| lucerne | Danish |
| blålusern | Norwegian |
| sinimailanen | Finnish |
| gök yonca | Turkish |
| karayonca | Turkish |
| aspeset tarbutit | Hebrew |
| אַסְפֶּסֶת תַּרְבּוּתִית | Hebrew |
| lucerna siewna | Polish |
| takarmánylucerna | Hungarian |
| jonxha | Albanian |
| jonxhë | Albanian |
| alfalfa | Aragonese |
| alfalze | Aragonese |
| alfauze | Aragonese |
| almierca | Aragonese |
| mialga | Aragonese |
| mielca | Aragonese |
| mielcón | Aragonese |
| argi-belár | Basque |
| обикновена люцерна | Bulgarian |
| синя люцерна | Bulgarian |
| alfals | Catalan |
| alfals ver | Catalan |
| zǐ mù xù | Chinese |
| 紫苜蓿 | Chinese |
| lucerna | Croatian |
| tolice setá | Czech |
| tolice vojtěška | Czech |
| harilik lutsern | Estonian |
| 자주개자리 | Korean |
| ja ju gae ja ri | Korean |
| sējas lucerna | Latvian |
| liucernos | Lithuanian |
| mėlynžiedė liucerna | Lithuanian |
| lusèrna | Occitan |
| lucernă | Romanian |
| lucerna siata | Slovak |
| lucerna | Slovene |
| люцерна посівна | Ukrainian |
Kingdom
Plantae (
1PLAK )
Phylum
Magnoliophyta (
1MAGP )
Class
Angiospermae (
1ANGC )
Category
Fabids (
1FABD )
Order
Fabales (
1FABO )
Family
Fabaceae (
1LEGF )
Subfamily
Papilionoideae (
1FABS )
Genus
Medicago (
1MEDG )
Species
Medicago sativa (
MEDSA )