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

taxonomic synonym: Medicago denticulata Willd. legitimate

Shinners, L.H. (1956), Authorship and Nomenclature of bur clovers (Medicago) found wild in the United States. Rhodora 58: 310 [basionym]

basionym of: Medicago polymorpha var. vulgaris (Benth.) Shinners nom. superfl.

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. vulgaris (Benth.) Shinners nom. superfl.

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

taxonomic synonym of: Medicago polymorpha L. legitimate

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