Index / Search / Medicago sativa ssp. sativa
§1 Plant
Medicago sativa L. ssp. sativa
vernacular alfalfa — subspecies · Fabaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Annual, Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Fabaceae Lindl.
- Genus
- Medicago
§2a
Native status, by region
- AK Alaska Introduced
- CAN Canada Introduced
- HI Hawaii Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
- PR Puerto Rico Introduced
- VI U.S. Virgin Islands Introduced
§2b
County-level range
· 726 counties across 43 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 726 counties across 43 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Arizona view state ↗ 5 I ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 17 I ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 19 I ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Florida view state ↗ 7 I ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 7 I ▾
Hawaii view state ↗ 4 I ▾
Idaho view state ↗ 19 I ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 41 I ▾
- Allen 18003
- Brown 18013
- Carroll 18015
- Cass 18017
- Clinton 18023
- Delaware 18035
- Fountain 18045
- Greene 18055
- Hamilton 18057
- Hancock 18059
- Henry 18065
- Jackson 18071
- Jasper 18073
- Jefferson 18077
- Johnson 18081
- Kosciusko 18085
- Lagrange 18087
- Lawrence 18093
- Marion 18097
- Miami 18103
- Monroe 18105
- Montgomery 18107
- Morgan 18109
- Newton 18111
- Noble 18113
- Parke 18121
- Pike 18125
- Posey 18129
- Putnam 18133
- Ripley 18137
- Shelby 18145
- St. Joseph 18141
- Starke 18149
- Steuben 18151
- Sullivan 18153
- Switzerland 18155
- Tipton 18159
- Vanderburgh 18163
- Warren 18171
- Wayne 18177
- Wells 18179
Iowa view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 40 I ▾
- Anderson 21005
- Barren 21009
- Bath 21011
- Bell 21013
- Bracken 21023
- Breckinridge 21027
- Bullitt 21029
- Edmonson 21061
- Estill 21065
- Fayette 21067
- Fulton 21075
- Gallatin 21077
- Grant 21081
- Hardin 21093
- Henry 21103
- Hickman 21105
- Hopkins 21107
- Jackson 21109
- Jefferson 21111
- Jessamine 21113
- Kenton 21117
- Lewis 21135
- Lincoln 21137
- Madison 21151
- McCracken 21145
- McCreary 21147
- Meade 21163
- Montgomery 21173
- Muhlenberg 21177
- Ohio 21183
- Oldham 21185
- Owen 21187
- Pendleton 21191
- Pike 21195
- Pulaski 21199
- Rockcastle 21203
- Rowan 21205
- Russell 21207
- Scott 21209
- Spencer 21215
Louisiana view state ↗ 18 I ▾
Maine view state ↗ 12 I ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 59 I ▾
- Andrew 29003
- Atchison 29005
- Audrain 29007
- Barton 29011
- Bates 29013
- Benton 29015
- Boone 29019
- Buchanan 29021
- Caldwell 29025
- Callaway 29027
- Cape Girardeau 29031
- Carroll 29033
- Cass 29037
- Chariton 29041
- Clark 29045
- Clinton 29049
- Cooper 29053
- DeKalb 29063
- Franklin 29071
- Greene 29077
- Grundy 29079
- Harrison 29081
- Hickory 29085
- Holt 29087
- Howard 29089
- Jackson 29095
- Jasper 29097
- Jefferson 29099
- Johnson 29101
- Lawrence 29109
- Lincoln 29113
- Linn 29115
- Livingston 29117
- Macon 29121
- Marion 29127
- Mercer 29129
- Montgomery 29139
- New Madrid 29143
- Newton 29145
- Nodaway 29147
- Ozark 29153
- Pemiscot 29155
- Pettis 29159
- Phelps 29161
- Pike 29163
- Platte 29165
- Putnam 29171
- Randolph 29175
- Ray 29177
- Reynolds 29179
- Saline 29195
- Scott 29201
- St. Charles 29183
- St. Clair 29185
- St. Louis 29189
- Sullivan 29211
- Taney 29213
- Warren 29219
- Worth 29227
Montana view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Nevada view state ↗ 13 I ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 9 I ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 7 I ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 26 I ▾
- Bernalillo 35001
- Catron 35003
- Chaves 35005
- Curry 35009
- De Baca 35011
- Dona Ana 35013
- Eddy 35015
- Guadalupe 35019
- Harding 35021
- Lincoln 35027
- Los Alamos 35028
- Luna 35029
- McKinley 35031
- Mora 35033
- Otero 35035
- Quay 35037
- Rio Arriba 35039
- Roosevelt 35041
- San Juan 35045
- San Miguel 35047
- Sandoval 35043
- Santa Fe 35049
- Sierra 35051
- Socorro 35053
- Taos 35055
- Torrance 35057
New York view state ↗ 29 I ▾
- Albany 36001
- Allegany 36003
- Bronx 36005
- Cattaraugus 36009
- Cayuga 36011
- Chautauqua 36013
- Delaware 36025
- Erie 36029
- Kings 36047
- Livingston 36051
- Madison 36053
- Monroe 36055
- New York 36061
- Oneida 36065
- Onondaga 36067
- Ontario 36069
- Orange 36071
- Otsego 36077
- Queens 36081
- Richmond 36085
- Rockland 36087
- Saratoga 36091
- Schoharie 36095
- St. Lawrence 36089
- Suffolk 36103
- Tompkins 36109
- Ulster 36111
- Warren 36113
- Westchester 36119
North Carolina view state ↗ 35 I ▾
- Alexander 37003
- Alleghany 37005
- Ashe 37009
- Avery 37011
- Bertie 37015
- Burke 37023
- Carteret 37031
- Caswell 37033
- Catawba 37035
- Cherokee 37039
- Cleveland 37045
- Craven 37049
- Currituck 37053
- Davidson 37057
- Durham 37063
- Forsyth 37067
- Guilford 37081
- Haywood 37087
- Iredell 37097
- Lincoln 37109
- Madison 37115
- Mecklenburg 37119
- Mitchell 37121
- Northampton 37131
- Orange 37135
- Polk 37149
- Randolph 37151
- Rockingham 37157
- Rowan 37159
- Stokes 37169
- Union 37179
- Vance 37181
- Wake 37183
- Wilkes 37193
- Yancey 37199
Ohio view state ↗ 61 I ▾
- Allen 39003
- Ashland 39005
- Ashtabula 39007
- Athens 39009
- Auglaize 39011
- Belmont 39013
- Butler 39017
- Carroll 39019
- Clinton 39027
- Columbiana 39029
- Coshocton 39031
- Crawford 39033
- Cuyahoga 39035
- Darke 39037
- Erie 39043
- Fairfield 39045
- Franklin 39049
- Gallia 39053
- Geauga 39055
- Guernsey 39059
- Hamilton 39061
- Hancock 39063
- Harrison 39067
- Highland 39071
- Hocking 39073
- Jackson 39079
- Jefferson 39081
- Knox 39083
- Lake 39085
- Lawrence 39087
- Licking 39089
- Lorain 39093
- Lucas 39095
- Madison 39097
- Mahoning 39099
- Marion 39101
- Medina 39103
- Meigs 39105
- Mercer 39107
- Monroe 39111
- Montgomery 39113
- Morgan 39115
- Muskingum 39119
- Ottawa 39123
- Perry 39127
- Pickaway 39129
- Portage 39133
- Putnam 39137
- Richland 39139
- Ross 39141
- Sandusky 39143
- Scioto 39145
- Stark 39151
- Summit 39153
- Trumbull 39155
- Tuscarawas 39157
- Van Wert 39161
- Vinton 39163
- Warren 39165
- Wayne 39169
- Wyandot 39175
Oklahoma view state ↗ 14 I ▾
Oregon view state ↗ 14 I ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Rhode Island view state ↗ 3 I ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 4 I ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 23 I ▾
- Blount 47009
- Carter 47019
- Coffee 47031
- Cumberland 47035
- Davidson 47037
- Dickson 47043
- Grundy 47061
- Haywood 47075
- Humphreys 47085
- Knox 47093
- Madison 47113
- Meigs 47121
- Montgomery 47125
- Rutherford 47149
- Scott 47151
- Shelby 47157
- Stewart 47161
- Sumner 47165
- Tipton 47167
- Warren 47177
- Wayne 47181
- Williamson 47187
- Wilson 47189
Texas view state ↗ 69 I ▾
- Bailey 48017
- Baylor 48023
- Bell 48027
- Bexar 48029
- Brazos 48041
- Brewster 48043
- Briscoe 48045
- Brown 48049
- Callahan 48059
- Cameron 48061
- Carson 48065
- Cass 48067
- Castro 48069
- Collin 48085
- Comal 48091
- Crockett 48105
- Dallam 48111
- Dallas 48113
- Deaf Smith 48117
- Denton 48121
- Eastland 48133
- El Paso 48141
- Erath 48143
- Floyd 48153
- Garza 48169
- Gillespie 48171
- Grayson 48181
- Hemphill 48211
- Hidalgo 48215
- Houston 48225
- Jeff Davis 48243
- Jefferson 48245
- Jim Hogg 48247
- Jones 48253
- Kendall 48259
- Kenedy 48261
- Kerr 48265
- Kimble 48267
- Kinney 48271
- Lubbock 48303
- Madison 48313
- Martin 48317
- McLennan 48309
- McMullen 48311
- Midland 48329
- Motley 48345
- Navarro 48349
- Nolan 48353
- Pecos 48371
- Reeves 48389
- Robertson 48395
- Rockwall 48397
- Schleicher 48413
- Shackelford 48417
- Starr 48427
- Sutton 48435
- Swisher 48437
- Tarrant 48439
- Taylor 48441
- Terrell 48443
- Tom Green 48451
- Travis 48453
- Uvalde 48463
- Val Verde 48465
- Van Zandt 48467
- Walker 48471
- Webb 48479
- Yoakum 48501
- Zapata 48505
Utah view state ↗ 29 I ▾
- Beaver 49001
- Box Elder 49003
- Cache 49005
- Carbon 49007
- Daggett 49009
- Davis 49011
- Duchesne 49013
- Emery 49015
- Garfield 49017
- Grand 49019
- Iron 49021
- Juab 49023
- Kane 49025
- Millard 49027
- Morgan 49029
- Piute 49031
- Rich 49033
- Salt Lake 49035
- San Juan 49037
- Sanpete 49039
- Sevier 49041
- Summit 49043
- Tooele 49045
- Uintah 49047
- Utah 49049
- Wasatch 49051
- Washington 49053
- Wayne 49055
- Weber 49057
Vermont view state ↗ 11 I ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 3 I ▾
Washington view state ↗ 5 I ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 36 I ▾
- Barbour 54001
- Berkeley 54003
- Braxton 54007
- Brooke 54009
- Calhoun 54013
- Fayette 54019
- Gilmer 54021
- Greenbrier 54025
- Hampshire 54027
- Hancock 54029
- Hardy 54031
- Harrison 54033
- Jefferson 54037
- Kanawha 54039
- Logan 54045
- Marion 54049
- Marshall 54051
- McDowell 54047
- Mercer 54055
- Mineral 54057
- Monongalia 54061
- Monroe 54063
- Nicholas 54067
- Ohio 54069
- Pleasants 54073
- Pocahontas 54075
- Preston 54077
- Putnam 54079
- Raleigh 54081
- Ritchie 54085
- Summers 54089
- Tucker 54093
- Upshur 54097
- Wetzel 54103
- Wirt 54105
- Wyoming 54109
Wisconsin view state ↗ 52 I ▾
- Adams 55001
- Ashland 55003
- Bayfield 55007
- Brown 55009
- Calumet 55015
- Chippewa 55017
- Columbia 55021
- Crawford 55023
- Dane 55025
- Dodge 55027
- Door 55029
- Florence 55037
- Fond du Lac 55039
- Forest 55041
- Grant 55043
- Green 55045
- Green Lake 55047
- Iowa 55049
- Jackson 55053
- Jefferson 55055
- Kenosha 55059
- Kewaunee 55061
- La Crosse 55063
- Lafayette 55065
- Langlade 55067
- Lincoln 55069
- Manitowoc 55071
- Marinette 55075
- Marquette 55077
- Monroe 55081
- Oconto 55083
- Oneida 55085
- Outagamie 55087
- Ozaukee 55089
- Pepin 55091
- Pierce 55093
- Portage 55097
- Richland 55103
- Rock 55105
- Sauk 55111
- Sawyer 55113
- Shawano 55115
- Sheboygan 55117
- St. Croix 55109
- Trempealeau 55121
- Vernon 55123
- Walworth 55127
- Washington 55131
- Waukesha 55133
- Waupaca 55135
- Waushara 55137
- Winnebago 55139
Wyoming view state ↗ 20 I ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/MESAS ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/7068169 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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