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Melilotus elegans (elegant sweetclover; Elegant Melilot)

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Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Medium-Low
Edible [2]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Flower Type [2]  Hermaphrodite
Hazards [2]  Although no reports have been seen for this species, the dried leaves of some members of this genus can be toxic though the fresh leaves are quite safe; (This is possibly due to the presence of coumarin, the substance that gives some dried plants the smell of new mown hay. If taken internally it can prevent the blood from clotting.)
Lifespan [2]  Annual
Pollinators [2]  Bees
Structure [3]  Herb
Height [2]  4.92 feet (1.5 m)
View Plants For A Future Record : Melilotus elegans

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
NISOS AGIOS EFSTRATIOS KAI THALASSIA ZONI 27921 Greece  

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

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♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
♦ 2Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 3USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0