Medicago orbicularis

ClassificationDicots
FamilyFabaceae
Family (Traditional)Fabaceae
GenusMedicago
Species:Medicago orbicularis All.
Common NameButton Clover; Button Medic; Button Medick; Round Fruited Medick
Growth Habitforb
Plant Notes**
CharacteristicsArmaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: Yes; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Natural Area Presence: LC; Duration: Annual; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: forb; Moisture Requirements: Xeric; Moisture Requirements: Sub-xeric; Moisture Requirements: Dry-mesic; Region of Origin: Africa; Region of Origin: Europe; Reproductive Phenology: April; Reproductive Phenology: May; Reproductive Phenology: June; Leaf Arrangement: alternate; Leaf Complexity: compound; Leaf Dissection: 1; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaf Petiole Type: petiolate; Leaf Type: broadleaf; Leaf Venation: ternate; Leaflet Margins: serrate; Leaflet Number: 3; Base Flower Color: Yellow; Fruit Complexity: Simple; Fruit Type: Legume; Fruit Wet/Dry: Dry; Ovary Position: Superior; Overall Flower Symmetry: Zygomorphic; Perianth Present: Yes; Placentation Type: Parietal; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A
C value N/A
StatusNot Native; TN[SNA] (State Rank); GNR (Global Rank)
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Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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Ecoregions
  • Southeastern Plains
    • Blackland Prarie
  • Blue Ridge Mountains
  • Ridge and Valley
  • Cumberland Plateau
  • Cumberland Mountains
  • Allegheny Plateau
  • Interior Plateau
    • Bluegrass Region
    • Nashville Basin
    • Pennyroyal Karst Plain
    • Western Highland Rim
    • Eastern Highland Rim

Synonyms

SynonymFull Citation
Medicago marginata Medicago marginata
Medicago orbicularis var. marginata Medicago orbicularis var. marginata

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Bedford (TN), Greene (TN), Knox (TN), Marshall (TN), Maury (TN), Montgomery (TN), Rutherford (TN), Shelby (TN), Wilson (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, MTSU, TENN, UCHT

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 2006 - 2006

Accession No. (click for full details) County State Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
TENN-V-0124287 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Medicago orbicularis
TENN-V-0124289 Maury Tennessee
TENN
Medicago orbicularis
TENN-V-0124292 Rutherford Tennessee
TENN
Medicago orbicularis
TENN-V-0124285 Bedford Tennessee
TENN
Medicago orbicularis
APSC0101433 Wilson Tennessee
APSC
Medicago orbicularis
TENN-V-0124290 Montgomery Tennessee
TENN
Medicago orbicularis
TENN-V-0124284 Bedford Tennessee
TENN
Medicago orbicularis
UCHT016531 Wilson Tennessee
UCHT
Medicago orbicularis
TENN-V-0124286 Greene Tennessee
TENN
Medicago orbicularis
MTSU007068 Rutherford Tennessee 03 Apr 2006 Mandi Lin Purnell
36		 MTSU
Medicago orbicularis
UCHT016532 Marshall Tennessee
UCHT
Medicago orbicularis
APSC0017191 Maury Tennessee
APSC
Medicago orbicularis
APSC0017192 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Medicago orbicularis
TENN-V-0124293 Shelby Tennessee
TENN
Medicago orbicularis
APSC0070127 Wilson Tennessee
APSC
Medicago orbicularis
APSC0056481 Marshall Tennessee
APSC
Medicago orbicularis
TENN-V-0124291 Rutherford Tennessee
TENN
Medicago orbicularis
TENN-V-0124288 Marshall Tennessee
TENN
Medicago orbicularis
UCHT016533 Wilson Tennessee
UCHT
Medicago orbicularis
TENN-V-0243976 Wilson Tennessee
TENN
Medicago orbicularis
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