Desrousseaux, L.A.J. in Lamarck, J.-B.P.A. de M. de & Poiret, J.L.M. (1792), Luserne; Medicago. Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique 3(2): 632 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Cette plante croît naturellement daazns la Sicile. Ou la cultive au Jardin du Roi. ... (v.v.)."

McComb, J.A. (1974), Annual Medicago species with particular reference to those occurring in Western Australia. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 57: 92 [secondary reference]

Weber, J.Z. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986), Papilionoideae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 2: 644 [secondary reference]

Jeanes, J.A. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Fabaceae. Flora of Victoria 3: 724, Fig. 146a [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Medicago elegans Jacq. ex Willd. legitimate common name: Medic [n/a]

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

• APC Dist.: SA (naturalised), Vic (naturalised)

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Medicago italica (Mill.) Fiori legitimate by Weber, J.Z. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986), Papilionoideae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 2: 644

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (31 July 2018), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Medicago elegans Jacq. ex Willd. legitimate

• APC Dist.: SA (naturalised), Vic (naturalised)

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