About Small flowered Melilot
Melilotus indicus, sometimes incorrectly written Melilotus indica, is a yellow-flowered herb in the Fabaceae family. It is native to northern Africa, Europe and Asia, but naturalized throughout much of the rest of the world's temperate climate zones. It is a commonly occurring weed in disturbed habitats, with historical uses for forage and medicine. Common names in English include sweet clover (or sweet-clover), sour clover (sour-clover, sourclover), Indian sweet-clover, annual yellow sweetclover, Bokhara clover, small-flowered sweet clover, common melilot, small-flowered melilot, small melilot, sweet melilot, Californian lucerne and Hexham scent.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Melilotus indica
- Genus
- Melilotus
- Family
- FABACEAE
- Habit
- Herb
- Native to
- India, SE. Asia, Europe
- Distribution
- Introduced in N. America and South Africa
- Flowering & fruiting
- September-April
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Fabaceae
Legume/Bean family
Small flowered Melilot belongs to the Fabaceae family.
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