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Learn more about Small Melilot from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fabales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Melilotus indicus
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Melilotus indicus
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-15-001:
Melilotus indica
FAMILY
Fabaceae
COMMON NAME:
Small Melilot, Sourclover, Indian Sweetclover
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Look for it on roadsides, in disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Forb
Annual
Non-native: Mediterranean Europe
Documented growing wild in
GA
NC
SC
Uncommon (rare in NC)
LEAVES:
Odd-pinnately compound: 3 leaflets
Mostly alternate
Leaves are subtended by stipules.
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Yellow
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-parted papilionaceous corolla
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Yellowish to reddish
Legume
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