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Melilotus sulcatus
Also called Mediterranean sweetclover, Furrowed Melliot, Grooved Melilot
Furrowed melilot is a small annual legume from southern Europe and the Mediterranean, growing 10 to 40 cm tall with tiny yellow flowers in summer. It is a wild or field plant rather than a common garden subject, grown mainly for interest or as a cover plant in warm, dry sites.
Melilotus sulcatus, the furrowed melilot or Mediterranean sweetclover, is a species of the genus Melilotus, belonging to the pea family; Fabaceae or Papilionaceae.
It is distributed in Southern Europe, an annual plant between 10 and 40 cm (3.9 and 16 in) high. The stem leaves are grooved. The flowers are very small; 3–5 mm long, in bloom from June until August. The pods are 3–3.5 mm long, with bowline veins.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Melilotus sulcatus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
