Yellow sweetclover

Melilotus officinalis

Family: Fabaceae Genus: Melilotus Species: officinalis

Synonyms: Melilotus rugosus, Melilotus officinalis var. vulgaris, Trifolium vulgare, Melilotus neglectus, Trifolium mauritianum, Melilotus diffusus, Melilotus luteus, Trigonella officinalis, Melilotus longipedicellatus, Melilotus officinalis var. expansa, Melilotus officinalis var. maximus, Melilotus melilotus-officinalis, Melilotus macrorrhizus var. palustris, Melilotus palustris, Melilotus pallidus, Melilotus armenus, Melilotus officinalis f. maximus, Melilotus petitpierrianus, Trifolium melilotus-mauritanicum, Trifolium melilotus-officinarum, Melilotus kochianus, Brachylobus officinalis, Sertula pallida, Melilotus maximus, Melilotus arvensis var. grandiflorus, Melilotus montanus, Medicago officinalis, Melilotus expansus, Melilotus nebrodensis, Melilotus lutescens, Trifolium palustre, Melilotus luxurians, Trifolium officinale, Sertula bungeana, Melilotus paluster, Sertula maior, Melilotus virescens, Melilotus petitpierreanus, Melilotus arvensis, Melilotus citrinus, Trifolium petitpierreanum, Melilotus bungeanus, Melilotus flavus, Sertula arvensis, Melilotus macrorhizus, Melilotus macrospermus, Melilotus mauritanicus, Melilotus arvensis var. maximus, Melilotus arvensis var. albus, Sertula officinalis

Yellow sweetclover
Yellow sweetclover

Botanical Description

Flower: Conspicuous

Foliage: Texture: coarse

Native Region: Afghanistan, Albania, Altay, Austria, Baleares, Belarus, Bulgaria, Central European Rus, Czechoslovakia, East European Russia, France, Germany, Greece, Gulf States, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Krasnoyarsk, Krym, North Caucasus, Northwest European R, Pakistan, Poland, Romania, Sardegna, South European Russi, Spain, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Yemen, Yugoslavia

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