PLANTS Profile for Melilotus altissimus (tall yellow sweetclover)

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PLANTS Profile

Melilotus altissimus Thuill.
tall yellow sweetclover

Symbol:

MEAL3

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Fabaceae

Duration:

Biennial
Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		I
CAN		I
GL		I

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Melilotus altissima

Steve Hurst. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. Sweden. Usage Requirements.

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Images:
Melilotus altissimus Thuill.

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Synonyms:
Melilotus altissimus Thuill.

MEAL13

Melilotus altissima Thuill., orth. var.

tall yellow sweetclover

Distribution:
Melilotus altissimus Thuill.


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (IL, ME, MI, NJ, NY, OH, PA, WI), CAN (NB, NS, ON), DEN (GL)

Related Taxa:
Melilotus altissimus Thuill.

View 236 genera in Fabaceae, 14 species in Melilotus

Classification:
Melilotus altissimus Thuill.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Fabales
Family	Fabaceae – Pea family
Genus	Melilotus Mill. – sweetclover
Species	Melilotus altissimus Thuill. – tall yellow sweetclover

Introduced Information:
Melilotus altissimus Thuill.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Melilotus altissimus Thuill.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 503739.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Time Generated: 10/11/2008 05:58 AM MDT