*Medicago littoralis Rohde ex Loiseleur-Deslongchamps. Common name: Shore Medick, Water Medick. Habitat: Beaches and dunes, disturbed sands. Distribution: Native of Mediterranean Europe. Reported for s. AL (H. Horne, 2013, pers.comm.; Woods & Orcutt 2017), Panhandle FL (L. Anderson, 2013, pers.comm.), and e. NC (E. Ungberg, pers.comm. 2022).
Origin/Endemic status: Mediterranean Europe and Africa
Synonymy ⓘ: = K4, Stace (2021), Woods & Orcutt (2017); = n/a — C, FNA11.2, RAB. Basionym: Medicago littoralis Rohde ex Loisel. 1819
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Heliophily ⓘ: 9
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