Trigonella procumbens(Besser) Rchb.

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WFO wfo-0000214027 Accepted WFO 2026-06 4 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–d · 4 separate observations

Trigonella procumbens, photographed by Galyna Mykytynets
fig. a Galyna Mykytynets, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-06-16 / obs. 137231123
Trigonella procumbens, photographed by Galyna Mykytynets
fig. b Galyna Mykytynets, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 114634803
Trigonella procumbens, photographed by Roman
fig. c Roman, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 135770495
Trigonella procumbens, photographed by Valerii Darmostuk
fig. d Valerii Darmostuk, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 133392831

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Native range 13 botanical countries

Regions where Trigonella procumbens is native: North Caucasus, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, Austria, Bulgaria, Greece, Hungary, Krym, NW. Balkan Pen., Romania, South European Russia, Türkiye-in-Europe, Ukraine North CaucasusTranscaucasusTürkiyeAustriaBulgariaGreeceHungaryKrymNW. Balkan Pen.RomaniaSouth European RussiaTürkiye-in-EuropeUkraine
Native distribution of Trigonella procumbens, 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.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Austria AUT EUROPE
Bulgaria BUL
Greece GRC
Hungary HUN
Krym KRY
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Romania ROM
South European Russia RUS
Türkiye-in-Europe TUE
Ukraine UKR
North Caucasus NCS ASIA-TEMPERATE
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 17 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.

  • Grammocarpus procumbens (Besser) Schur
  • Medicago besseriana E.H.L.Krause
  • Melilotus caeruleus var. laxiflorus Rochel
  • Melilotus caeruleus var. procumbens (Besser) Spreng.
  • Melilotus laxiflorus (Rochel) Friv. ex Griseb.
  • Melilotus procumbens Besser
  • Teliosma caerulea var. procumbens (Besser) Alef.
  • Telis procumbens (Besser) Kuntze
  • Trigonella besserana Ser.
  • Trigonella besseriana Ser.
  • Trigonella besseriana f. remotiflora O.E.Schulz
  • Trigonella besseriana f. valida O.E.Schulz
  • Trigonella caerulea subsp. procumbens (Besser) Vassilcz.
  • Trigonella caerulea subsp. procumbens (Besser) Thell.
  • Trigonella caerulea var. besseriana Trautv.
  • Trigonella caerulea var. laxiflora (Rochel) Beck
  • Trigonella caerulea var. procumbens (Besser) B.Fedtsch. & Flerow

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. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. 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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