Fabaceae
Tall yellow sweetclover
Melilotus altissimus
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Melilotus
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Common names
By language (9)
- Czech
- Komonice nejvyšší
- Dutch
- Goudgele honingklaver
- English
- Tall yellow sweetclover, Tall melilot
- Finnish
- Isomesikkä
- French
- Grand mélilot, Mélilot élevé, Melilot eleve
- German
- Hoher Honigklee, Hoher Steinklee
- Russian
- Донник высокий, Донник высочайший
- Slovenian
- Visoka medena detelja
- Spanish
- Meliloto alto
Synonyms
- Medicago altissima (Thuill.) E.H.L.Krause
- Melilotus adriaticus Borbas
- Melilotus altissima Thuill.
- Melilotus altissimus prol. macrorhizus Rouy
- Melilotus altissimus var. macrorhizus (Rouy) P.Fourn.
- Melilotus altissimus var. paluster W.D.J.Koch
- Melilotus giganteus Wender.
- Melilotus macrorrhizus (Waldst. & Kit.) Pers.
- Sertula altissima (Thuill.) Kuntze
- Sertula macrorhiza (Waldst. & Kit.) Kuntze
- Trifolium altissimum (Thuill.) Loisel.
- Trifolium macrorrhizum Waldst. & Kit.
- Trifolium melilotus-altissimus C.C.Gmel.
- Trigonella altissima (Thuill.) Coulot & Rabaute
Flowers
- In flower
- June to August (from 32 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Biennial, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Greenland: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Jamie O'Neill, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: eth, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Jacqueline Worthington, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Patrick Hacker, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Bouba at French Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tobias Schönberg, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Robert H. Wardell, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Hans Hillewaert, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Robert H. Wardell, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Owen and Carol Fawcett., CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.