· Melilotus Spp. Is Not True
Clovers. Two Common Species Are Melilotus Alba (White Sweet Clover) And Melilotus
Officinalis (L.) Pall., (Yellow Sweet Clover). Pods Of Yellow Sweet Clover
Are One Or Two Seeded And Seeds Are Smooth, Ovoid-Elliptical, 1.5-3 Mm Long,
And 1.5 Mm Broad, Yellow Or Greenish Yellow, Sometimes With Purple Spots. For
Yellow Sweet Clover, The Seed Cotyledons Are Very Small, Twice As Long As
Broad, And Pale Green. At Seedling Stage, The First True Leaf Is Heart Shaped
Or Roundish, And Wavy Around The Edges. The Second And Subsequent Leaves Are
Trifoliate. The Plant Is An Annual Or Biennial, Erect Or Decumbent Herb, Stem
1 M Or More Tall, Stipules Entire; Leaves Trifoliate, Leaflets Lanceolate To
Narrowly Oblong, Rarely Ovate, 1-2.5 Cm Long; Rachis Of Larger Leaves,
Excluding Terminal Petiolule, Often Prolonged More Than 4 Mm Beyond Lateral
Leaflets; Racemes Numerous, 5-20 Cm Long, On Peduncles Up To 4 Cm Long;
Pedicels 1–2 Mm Long; Calyx About 2 Mm Long; Corolla White, 4-6 Mm Long;
Style 1.7-2.3 Mm Long; Pod With Weak Irregular Network Of Veins.
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