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Taxon:
Trigonella caerulea
(L.) Ser.
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
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.
No images
Reference(s)
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).
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson.
2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
www.skud.info
Botanical Society of the British Isles.
BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
Czerepanov, S. K.
1995. Vascular plants of Russia and adjacent states (the former USSR) Cambridge University Press.
Encke, F. et al.
1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage
Facciola, S.
1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants Kampong Publications.
Komarov, V. L. et al., eds.
1934-1964. Flora SSSR.
Note:
lists as "
coerulea
"
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium.
1976. Hortus third.
Porcher, M. H. et al.
Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
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.
Tutin, T. G. et al., eds.
1964-1980. Flora europaea.
Uphof, J. C. T.
1968. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2.
Walters, S. M. et al., eds.
1986-2000. European garden flora.
Yakovlev, G. P. et al.
1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia
Common names
English
blue fenugreek –
Reference(s)
sweet trefoil –
Reference(s)
Swedish
blåväppling –
Reference(s)
Distribution
Exportable format
order_code
Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
4
Naturalized
Europe
Europe
6
Other
origin Mediterranean region
Naturalized
Europe
REGION:
Europe
Other
(origin Mediterranean region)
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Animal food
fodder
Tutin, T. G. et al., eds.
1964-1980. Flora europaea.
Food additives
flavoring
Facciola, S.
1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants Kampong Publications.
Food additives
flavoring
especially for cheeses
Uphof, 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://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=40413
. Accessed
29 May 2025
.
Name
References