Native to 44 botanical countries across Europe, Africa, Temperate Asia, and Tropical Asia; introduced into Alabama, California, Czechia-Slovakia, Florida, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Illinois, Japan, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, New Jersey, New South Wales, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Queensland, South Australia, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Victoria, Western Australia (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

No collection number

May 14, 2002

Location

Italy, Tuscany (Monticiano)

43.128056, 11.264167

Location Remarks

Riserva Naturale Basso Merse

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Fabales

Family

Fabaceae

Genus

Medicago

Specific Epithet

orbicularis

Authorship

(L.) Bartal.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 6.4

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.5

Global rank

#98,044 of 335,497

Top 30%

Extinction probability

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →