天蓝苜蓿
Medicago minima (L.) Bartal.
天藍苜蓿（Medicago minima）為豆科（Fabaceae）苜蓿屬（Medicago）的一種植物，原產於地中海地區，現廣泛分布於世界各地。其常見英文名稱為 bur medick，與細菌 Sinorhizobium meliloti 有共生關係，能進行固氮作用。
Description
天藍苜蓿（Medicago minima）為豆科（Fabaceae）苜蓿屬（Medicago）的一種植物，最早於 1776 年發表。原產於地中海地區，但目前已擴散至歐洲、美洲、亞洲及非洲等地，包括美國、阿富汗、阿根廷、阿爾及利亞、義大利等國家。其與細菌 Sinorhizobium meliloti 有共生關係，能進行固氮作用，對土壤肥力有幫助。天藍苜蓿的英文常見名稱包括 bur medick、little bur-clover、little medick、small medick 及 woolly bur medick。
Other common names
天蓝苜蓿小苜蓿
Distribution
SE · NO · DK · Valparaíso Region |Metropolitana Region |Biobío Region |Araucanía Region |Los Ríos Region · Alaska · Hawaii · conterminous 48 United States · Afghanistan · Alabama · Albania · Algeria · Argentina Northeast · Argentina South · Austria · Baleares · Baltic States · Belarus · Belgium · Bulgaria · California · Canary Is. · Central European Rus · Chile Central · Chile South · China North-Central · China South-Central · China Southeast · Corse · Cyprus · Czechoslovakia
Synonyms
Medicago polymorpha var. minimaMedicago rectaMedicago minima subsp. ononideaMedicago mollissimaMedicago ononideaMedicago pulchellaMedicago meyeriMedicago inconspicuaMedicago minima var. brachyodonMedicago minima var. compactaMedicago minima subsp. brevispinaMedicago hirsutissimaMedicago graecaMedicago lineataMedicago americanaMedicago elongataMedicago brachyacanthaMedica hirsutaMedicago polonicaMedicago villosaMedicago sessilisSpirocarpus minimusMedicago polymorpha var. hirsutaMedicago minima var. brevispinaMedicago minima var. pulchellaMedicago minima f. pulchellaMedicago minima var. mitisMedicago polymorpha var. rectaMedicago minima var. winterliiMedicago arabica var. echinata
