Melilotus wolgica, Poiret
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Melilotus wolgica |
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4. M. wolgica Poiret View in CoL in Lam., Encycl. Méth. Bot., Suppl. 3: 648 (1814).
Erect, branched biennial 40-120 cm. Lower leaflets rhombic-ovate, serrate, the upper oblong-lanceolate to linear, usually entire. Stipules linear, setaceous, entire. Racemes 5-10 cm, lax and slender, many-flowered, elongating in fruit; pedicels 2-4 mm. Corolla 3-3-5 mm, white; wings and standard longer than keel. Legume 4-5 mm, obovoid, acute, distinctly reticulateveined, glabrous, brownish-yellow when ripe, usually 1-seeded. Usually on saline soils. S.E. Russia, S. & E. Ukraine, W. Kazakhstan; casual in N. Europe. Rs (W, E).
M. arenaria Grec. , Consp. FI. Roman., Supl. 198 (1909), from sand dunes in Romania (S. of Constanta) and Ukraine (Danube delta), with racemes grouped 3-5 together, corolla 5-6 mm and legume 6-7 mm with 2 or more seeds, may be separable from 4, but further information is needed.
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Melilotus wolgica
| Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A. 1981 |
M. wolgica
| Poiret 1814: 648 |