Bentham, G. (1826), Catalogue des Plantes Indigenes Pyrenees et du Bas Languedoc: 103 [tax. nov.]

Heyn, C.C. (1963), The Annual Species of Medicago. Scripta Hierosolymitana 12: 77 [basionym]

basionym of: Medicago polymorpha var. brevispina (Benth.) Heyn legitimate

Eichler, Hj. (1965), Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957): 189 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Medicago polymorpha var. brevispina (Benth.) Heyn legitimate

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Fabaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1: 281 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Medicago polymorpha var. brevispina (Benth.) Heyn legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Medicago polymorpha L. legitimate

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