View source for Phil Bendle Collection:Melilotus indicus (Annual Yellow sweetclover)

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'''Kingdom:''' Plantae<br />
'''(unranked):''' Angiosperms<br />
'''(unranked):''' Eudicots<br />
'''(unranked):''' Rosids<br />
'''Order:''' Fabales<br />
'''Family:''' Fabaceae<br />
'''Genus:''' Melilotus<br />
'''Species:''' M. indicus<br />
'''Binomial name:''' Melilotus indicus<br />
'''Synonym:''' Trifolium indicum<br />
'''Common names:''' Annual yellow sweet clover, Sweet clover , Sweet-clover), Sour clover, Indian sweet-clover, Annual yellow sweet clover, Bokhara clover, Small-flowered sweet clover, Common melilot, Small-flowered melilot, Small melilot, Sweet melilot, Californian lucerne and Hexham scent, King Island melilot or King Island clover.

Annual yellow sweet clover (Melilotus indicus) is a yellow-flowered legume native to northern Africa, Europe and Asia, but now naturalized throughout the rest of the world including New Zealand.<br />
It is an annual or biennial herb from 10 to 50 centimetres in height (rarely up to one metre), with yellow, pea-like flowers that on ageing turn white. The flowers are 2 - 3 mm long and form in clusters along the flower stalks. The flowers produce a hairless, 1 to 2 seed pod of similar length.<br />
The stalked leaflets (&gt; 25 mm long) are trifoliate, aromatic, obtuse, denticulate margin and a blunt tip.<br />
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In New Zealand, it is found on roadsides, along railway tracks, coastal areas and on dry waste areas. It is a common weed in all the North Island except Taranaki. In the South Island, it is found in the north from Nelson down the south-east side to Bluff. It is also present on Stewart and Chatham Islands. <br />
It is poisonous to some mammals and is a potential seed crop contaminant.

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