Melilotus albus Medik.
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Melilotus albus Medik., Vorles. Churpfälz. Phys.-Öcon. Ges. 2: 382 ( [1787])
Melilotus albus Medik.
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Medik.
Medik.
1787
382
alba
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Melilotus albus Medik.
species
Melilotus albus
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Melilotus albus Medik.
Erect annual or biennial up to 2.5 m high; stems almost glabrous or sparsely to moderately hairy in upper parts. Lvs almost glabrous but sparsely hairy when young; petioles c. 5-25 mm long; leaflets oblong- elliptic to obovate, obtuse to acute, mucronate, obtuse to cuneate at base, serrate, c. 10-30 mm long; stipules linear-lanceolate, entire. Racemes lax and slender, up to 25 cm long at fruiting; fls numerous. Peduncles > petioles. Calyx ± glabrous to sparsely hairy; calyx teeth = or < tube, narrowly triangular. Corolla white, 4-5 mm long; wings ± = keel. Pod glabrous, reticulately veined, 3-5 mm long, 1-2-seeded; seeds light brown, 2-3 mm long.
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ICBN Article 62: Note 1. Botanical tradition usually maintains the classical gender of a Greek or Latin word, when this was well established. Ex. 1. In accordance with botanical tradition, (...) Lotus L. and Melilotus Mill. must be treated as masculine.
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1 January 2000
12 August 2013