| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Medicago rupestris M.Bieb. trib. Trifolieae |
| Bibliography | Fl. Taur.-Caucas. 2: 225 (1808) |
| Native Range | Krym to North Caucasus |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocks |
| Description | appressed pubescent, leaves pinnate, leaflets narrowly linear, at apex dentate, stipules subulate, flowers 2-8 in raceme, corolla 5-7mm, pod contorted, pubescent, espinose |
| Size | 5-15cm |
| Color | pale rose |
| Bloom | late spring |
| Ca | + |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
| Territory | 1 Europe 14 Eastern Europe (KRY Krym) 3 Asia-Temperate 33 Caucasus (NCS North Caucasus) |