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Melilotus

Mill. (1754)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Rosids Order: Fabales Family: Fabaceae Genus: Melilotus

Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Erect annual or short-lived perennial herbs, usually subglabrous.

Stems:

Roots: Taprooted.

Leaves: Leaves compound (palmate or pinnately trifoliate). Alternate. Leaflets usually oblanceolate to obovate. Margins serrate in upper part. Petiolate. Stipules lanceolate to subulate, partially adnate to petioles.

Flowers: Flowers in axillary, spike-like racemes. Flowers papilionaceous; bracteoles absent. Calyx campanulate, 5-toothed, the teeth subequal. Corolla yellow or white, sometimes tinged blue or violet, deciduous. Stamens 10; upper staminal filament distinct, the other 9 connate into a tube. Ovary superior; ovules few; style 1, apical.

Fruit: Pods straight; subglobose to obovoid; usually indehiscent. Seeds 1–2(–4).

Ploidy:

Habitat:

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Historical Distribution

Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Island Status

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Notes

  • 2 - 2,855m
  • Description digitized from the Manual of the Flowering Plants of Hawaii
  • First collected on Midway Atoll on 1980
  • First collected on Oahu in 1909

Bibliography

Name Published In: Gard. Dict. Abr. ed. 4: s.p. (1754)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
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