Melilotus indicus |
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annual yellow sweetclover, Indian sweetclover, sourclover |
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Habit | Plants annual, 1–8 dm. |
Leaves | leaflets lanceolate-oblong, oblanceolate, or obovate, 7–30 × 2–14 mm; stipules lanceolate-subulate to setaceous; margins subentire, rarely entire or toothed at bases. |
Inflorescences | 10–50-flowered; pedicels 0.5–0.8 mm. |
Flowers | calyx tubes 0.6–0.8 mm; teeth 0.5–0.7 mm, triangular; corollas yellow, white when dried, 1.5–3 mm; banners ? wings. |
Fruits | 1.5–4 mm, reticulate-veined. |
2n | =16. |
Melilotus indicus |
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Distribution | |
Discussion | Ballast, waste ground, roadsides. Flowering May–Sep. 0–1300 m. Est, WV. CA, ID, NV, WA; nearly worldwide. Exotic. |
Source | Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 709 Richard Halse |
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