Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Check out EDDMapS.org to see where this has been reported.
Learn more about Yellow Sweetclover 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 officinalis
FAMILY
Fabaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Melilotus officinalis
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-15-002:
Melilotus officinalis
FAMILY
Fabaceae
COMMON NAME:
Yellow Sweetclover, Yellow Melilot, Ribbed Melilot
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Look for it in fields, roadsides, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Forb
Biennial
Non-native: Eurasia
Documented growing wild in
GA
NC
SC
Common
This plant may be causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:
- Brooklyn Botanic Garden
- Kentucky Exotic Pest Plant Council, 2013
- Tennessee Exotic Pest Plant Council, 2009
...Variable
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
Light brown
Legume
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p058
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p032
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p126
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p137
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p174
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p086
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