Fabaceae
Mediterranean sweetclover
Melilotus sulcatus
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Melilotus
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Common names
By language (7)
- Czech
- Komonice brázditá
- English
- Mediterranean sweetclover, Furrowed melilot
- Finnish
- Uurremesikkä
- Hebrew
- דבשה חרוצה
- Swedish
- Ribbsötväppling
- Turkish
- Akdeniz taş yoncası
- Welsh
- Yr wydro rychog
Synonyms
- Medicago sulcata (Desf.) E.H.L.Krause
- Melilotus compactus Salzm. ex Guss.
- Melilotus indicus var. prostratus P.Palau
- Melilotus laevis Moench
- Melilotus longifolius Ten.
- Melilotus sulcata Desf.
- Melilotus sulcatus f. angustifolius O.E.Schulz
- Melilotus sulcatus f. diffusus O.E.Schulz
- Melilotus sulcatus f. humilis Rouy
- Melilotus sulcatus f. latifolius (Willk.) O.E.Schulz
- Melilotus sulcatus f. simplex O.E.Schulz
- Melilotus sulcatus prol. aschersonii O.E.Schulz
- Melilotus sulcatus prol. libanoticus (Ser.) O.E.Schulz
- Melilotus sulcatus subsp. aschersonii (O.E.Schulz) P.Fourn.
- Melilotus sulcatus subsp. brachystachys Maire ex Quézel & Santa
- Melilotus sulcatus var. angustifolius Lange
- Melilotus sulcatus var. compactus (Salzm. ex Guss.) Coss.
- Melilotus sulcatus var. latifolius Lange
- Melilotus sulcatus var. latifolius Willk.
- Melilotus sulcatus var. libanoticus Ser.
- Melilotus sulcatus var. longiracemosus Rouy
- Melilotus sulcatus var. major Cambess.
- Melilotus sulcatus var. mauritanicus Rouy
- Melilotus sulcatus var. procerior Guss.
- Sertula sulcata (Desf.) Kuntze
- Trifolium mauritanicum Willd.
- Trigonella sulcata (Desf.) Coulot & Rabaute
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Daniel Cahen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Mattia Menchetti, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Philmarin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jacek Pietruszewski, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Philmarin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Thierry Parada, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Augustin Soulard, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Philmarin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Frédéric Dupont, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Philmarin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Yerdo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Philmarin, 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.