UW Burke Herbarium species comparison

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Melilotus indicus

annual yellow sweet-clover, small-flowered yellow sweet-clover
Habit Glabrous annual or biennial, the stem up to 1 m. tall, branched above.
Leaves

Leaves trifoliate, leaflets lanceolate, serrulate only on the upper half.
Flowers

Inflorescence of several elongate, spike-like racemes 2-8 cm. long arising in the leaf axils, with small, linear bracts;

flowers small, pea-like, yellow, 2-3 mm. long;

calyx teeth 5, equal, oblong-lanceolate, obtuse.
Fruits

Pod 2-2.5 mm. long.

Melilotus indicus
Flowering time May-July
Habitat Roadsides, fields, wastelots, and other disturbed open areas.
Distribution
Occurring west of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east to Idaho, Utah, and Nevada, further east across the southern U.S. and in eastern North America.
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Origin Introduced from Eurasia
Conservation status Not of concern
Sibling taxa
M. albus, M. officinalis
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