


Melilotus officinalis Pall.

Details
Melilotus officinalis Pall., Reise Russ. Reich. 3, 537 (1776)
Nomenclature
Pall.
Pall.
1776
537
invalidly published, naked
ICN
Melilotus officinalis Pall.
species
Melilotus officinalis
Classification
Vernacular names
Descriptions
Melilotus officinalis Pall.
Decumbent or erect biennial up to 1.5 m high; stems ± glabrous but sparsely hairy in upper parts. Lvs ± glabrous but sparsely hairy when young; petioles c. 5-25 mm long; leaflets narrowly to broadly elliptic or obovate, acute, obtuse or somewhat emarginate, mucronate, obtuse to cuneate at base, serrate, c. 10-25 mm long; stipules linear-lanceolate, entire. Racemes lax and slender, up to 20 cm long at fruiting; fls numerous. Peduncles > petioles. Calyx ± glabrous or sparsely hairy; calyx teeth mostly < tube, narrowly triangular. Corolla yellow, 4-6 mm long; wings > keel. Pod glabrous, transversely rugose, c. 3 mm long, 1-2-seeded; seeds light brown, 2-3 mm long.
Taxonomic concepts
Melilotus officinalis Pall.
Melilotus officinalis Pall.
Collections
Notes
editorial
Pallas 1776 only mentions (lists) Melilotus officinalis without referring to the basionym Trifolium officinalis L. or supplying any description.
Metadata
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scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
18 June 2009