Taxon:  Trigonella caerulea (L.) Ser.



Summary
Genus:
Trigonella
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Trifolieae
Nomen number:
40413
Place of publication:
A. P. de Candolle, Prodr. 2:181.  1825  "coerulea"
Verified:
06/12/1987 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Trifolium caeruleum L.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Melilotus caeruleus (L.) Desr.

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Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. Afonin, A. N., S. L. Greene, N. I. Dzyubenko, & A. N. Frolov, eds. Interactive agricultural ecological atlas of Russia and neighboring countries. Economic plants and their diseases, pests and weeds (on-line resource).
  2. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
  3. Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
  4. Czerepanov, S. K. 1995. Vascular plants of Russia and adjacent states (the former USSR) Cambridge University Press.
  5. Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage
  6. Facciola, S. 1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants Kampong Publications.
  7. Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934-1964. Flora SSSR. Note: lists as "coerulea"
  8. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
  9. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  10. Small, E. et al. 1981. The taxonomic value of floral characters in tribe Trigonelleae (Leguminosae), with special reference to Medicago. Canad. J. Bot. 59:1581.
  11. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
  12. Uphof, J. C. T. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2.
  13. Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986-2000. European garden flora.
  14. Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia
Common names
LANGUAGENAMEALTERNATE NAMENOTESEQCITATION
English blue fenugreek 1 Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
English sweet trefoil 1 Uphof, J. C. T. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2.
Swedish blåväppling 2 Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
4NaturalizedEurope Europe  
6Other    origin Mediterranean region
Naturalized
Europe
  • REGION: Europe
Other (origin Mediterranean region)
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Animal foodfodder Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
Food additivesflavoring Facciola, S. 1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants Kampong Publications.
Food additivesflavoringespecially for cheesesUphof, J. C. T. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grin-global.warwick.ac.uk/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=40413. Accessed 3 February 2025.