YELLOW SWEET-CLOVER

Class: Melilotus officinalis

Family: PEA FAMILY

Sub Family: Fabaceae, Leguminosae

Year: Biennial

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Colour: Yellow

Height: Up to 1.5 m (5')

Each Flower: 3 mm (1/8") long; standard deeply cleft; narrow wings point forward and enclose keel; green calyx is 5-pointed

Leaves: 1.3 cm (1/2") long stalks terminating in 3 leaflets, 1.3-2.8 cm (1/2-1 1/8") long, rounded at tip, finely toothed, and smooth

Stems: Several rigid stems from one root-stock; upper part square and ribbed, lower part rounded and ribbed; branches into flower-stems at leaf-axils

Blooming Period: May - September

Habitat: Waste places and roadsides

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