| Taxon | Medicago minima |
| group | Eudicots |
| Family | Fabaceae |
| Family common name(s) | legume; legumes; leguminosae; pea; bean; clover; pulse; pulses |
| Genus common name(s) | medicago; medick; medic; bur medick; burr medick; bur medic; burr medic; burmedic; burrmedic; burclover; burrclover; bur-clover; bur clover; burr clover; burr-clover; melilot; melilot trefoil; nonsuch; alfalfa; alphalpha |
| Species common name(s) | small medick; small medic; small burr-medic; small burr medic; small bur-clover; small bur clover; small burclover; little medick; little medic; little bur medick; little bur medic; little burr medic; little bur-clover; little bur clover; little burr-clover; little burclover; least medick; least medic; least bur-clover; least burclover; woolly bur medick; woolly bur medic; woolly burr-medick; woolly burr medick; woolly burr-medic; woolly bur medic; woolly burr medic; wooly burr medic; goldfields medic |
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| Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | prickly medick, annual medick, annual medic are applied to multiple Medicago taxa; hop clover, hop-clover, trefoil are applied to multiple Fabaceae taxa; nonesuch is applied to taxa in multiple families |
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