Fabaceae
Italian melilot
Melilotus italicus
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Melilotus
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Common names
By language (3)
- Chinese
- 意大利草木樨, 意大利印度草木樨
- English
- Italian melilot
- Turkish
- İtalya taş yoncası
Synonyms
- Medicago italica (L.) E.H.L.Krause
- Melilotus italica (L.) Lam.
- Melilotus italicus var. confertus O.E.Schulz
- Melilotus melilotus-italicus (Brot.) Asch. & Graebn.
- Melilotus messanensis f. caespitosus O.E.Schulz
- Melilotus messanensis f. validus O.E.Schulz
- Melilotus rotundifolius Ten.
- Melilotus rugosus Moench
- Sertula italica (L.) Kuntze
- Trifolium italicum L.
- Trifolium melilotus-italicum Brot.
- Trigonella italica (L.) Coulot & Rabaute
Photos
Photo: Gideon Pisanty, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ziegler175, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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); US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.