PLANTS Profile for Melilotus indicus (annual yellow sweetclover)

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PLANTS Profile

Melilotus indicus (L.) All.
annual yellow sweetclover

Symbol:

MEIN2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Fabaceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		I
HI		I
CAN		I
GL		I


Other common names:
	sourclover

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Melilotus indica

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More Information:

Synonym Information:

MEIN14: Characteristics

Images:
Melilotus indicus (L.) All.

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Synonyms:
Melilotus indicus (L.) All.

MEIN14

Melilotus indica (L.) All., orth. var.

sourclover

Distribution:
Melilotus indicus (L.) All.


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AL, AR, AZ, CA, DE, FL, GA, HI, ID, KY, LA, MA, ME, MN, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OK, OR, PA, SC, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI), CAN (BC, MB, NS), DEN (GL)

Related Taxa:
Melilotus indicus (L.) All.

View 236 genera in Fabaceae, 14 species in Melilotus

Classification:
Melilotus indicus (L.) All.

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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 indicus (L.) All. – annual yellow sweetclover

Introduced Information:
Melilotus indicus (L.) All.

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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Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Melilotus indicus (L.) All.

Melilotus indica:

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

Reg. 2

Reg. 3

Reg. 4

Reg. 5

Reg. 6

Reg. 7

Reg. 8

Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

UPL,FAC

FACU

FACU-

FACU

FACU+

FACU

FAC

UPL

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Melilotus indicus (L.) All.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 503741.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

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

Related Web Sites:
Melilotus indicus (L.) All.

Cover crops database at the UC Davis Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program (SAREP)

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