Common name: Hexham Scent
Melilotus indicus (L.) All. APNI* Synonyms: Melilotus indica (L.) All. APNI*
Description: Erect annual to 60 cm high, glabrous to sparsely hairy.
Leaves 3-foliolate; leaflets oblanceolate-oblong or obovate-cuneate, 5–30 mm long, 2–13 mm wide, apex rounded and often emarginate, margins toothed; petiole 15–40 mm long; stipules ± lanceolate, mostly 5–10 mm long, dilated and toothed towards base.
Racemes 10–60-flowered, longer than subtending leaf, at first dense and then elongating in pod; peduncle 1–3 cm long. Calyx c. 2 mm long. Corolla 2–3 mm long, yellow.
Pod ± globose, 2–3 mm long, glabrous, reticulate-wrinkled, green to brownish; seed usually 1.
Flowering: mainly spring.
Distribution and occurrence: Widespread. Native of Medit. region.
NSW subdivisions: *NC, *CC, *SC, *NT, *CT, *ST, *NWS, *CWS, *SWS, *NWP, *SWP, *NFWP, *SFWP, *LHI
Other Australian states: *Qld *Vic. *Tas. *W.A. *S.A. *N.T.
Text by E. H. Norris
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 2 (1991)
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