Trigonella gladiataSteven ex M.Bieb.

WFO wfo-0000212945 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 7 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 7 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Trigonella gladiata, photographed by Tim Johnson
fig. a Tim Johnson, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-05-13 / obs. 197551101
Trigonella gladiata, photographed by Tim Johnson
fig. b Tim Johnson, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 188971926
Trigonella gladiata, photographed by Tim Johnson
fig. c Tim Johnson, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 188971887
Trigonella gladiata, photographed by Tim Johnson
fig. d Tim Johnson, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 188700070
Trigonella gladiata, photographed by Tim Johnson
fig. e Tim Johnson, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 188971904
Trigonella gladiata, photographed by Yves Bas
fig. f Yves Bas, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 121548664
Trigonella gladiata, photographed by Максим Шумских
fig. g Максим Шумских, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 81999497
Trigonella gladiata, photographed by Tim Johnson
fig. h Tim Johnson, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 197583780

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Native range 22 botanical countries

Regions where Trigonella gladiata is native: Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, East Aegean Is., North Caucasus, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, Albania, Bulgaria, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Kriti, Krym, NW. Balkan Pen., Romania, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain, Türkiye-in-Europe AlgeriaLibyaMoroccoTunisiaEast Aegean Is.North CaucasusTranscaucasusTürkiyeAlbaniaBulgariaFranceGreeceHungaryItalyKritiKrymNW. Balkan Pen.RomaniaSiciliaSpainTürkiye-in-Europe Sardegna
Native distribution of Trigonella gladiata, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Albania ALB EUROPE
Bulgaria BUL
France FRA
Greece GRC
Hungary HUN
Italy ITA
Kriti KRI
Krym KRY
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Romania ROM
Sardegna SAR
Sicilia SIC
Spain SPA
Türkiye-in-Europe TUE
Algeria ALG AFRICA
Libya LBY
Morocco MOR
Tunisia TUN
East Aegean Is. EAI ASIA-TEMPERATE
North Caucasus NCS
Transcaucasus TCS
Türkiye TUR

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 16 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Foenum-graecum prostratum Fourr.
  • Folliculigera procumbens Pasq.
  • Medicago gladiata (Steven ex M.Bieb.) E.H.L.Krause
  • Ononis rostrata Ucria
  • Telis gladiata (Steven ex M.Bieb.) Kuntze
  • Trigonella foenum-graecum subsp. gladiata (Steven ex M.Bieb.) P.Fourn.
  • Trigonella foenum-graecum subsp. gladiata (Steven ex M.Bieb.) Bonnier & Layens
  • Trigonella foenum-graecum subsp. gladiata (Steven ex M.Bieb.) Gams
  • Trigonella foenum-graecum unranked gladiata (Steven ex M.Bieb.) Asch. & Graebn.
  • Trigonella foenumgraecum subsp. gladiata (Steven ex M.Bieb.) Bonnier & Layens
  • Trigonella gladiata (Steven ex M.Bieb.) Asch. & Graebn.
  • Trigonella gladiata f. brevirostris Pau
  • Trigonella gladiata var. prostrata (DC.) St.-Lag.
  • Trigonella prostrata DC.
  • Trigonella tuberculata C.Presl
  • Xiphostylis prostratus Gasp.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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