Family: Fabaceae
Melilotus messanensis
Citation:
,, All., Fl. Ped. 1:309 (1785).
Synonymy: Not Applicable Common name: Messinia (or Mediterranean) melilot.
Description:
Almost erect glabrous annual to 40 cm high; leaflets ovate-orbicular or lanceolate-cuneate, serrate; lower stipules denticulate, the upper at the base only.
3-10 flowers on a peduncle to 10 mm long, shorter than the corresponding petiole; corolla 4-5 mm long, yellow; standard and keel subequal, longer than the wings.
Pod oblique, ovoid, 5-8 mm long, acute, concentrically striate, yellowish-brown when ripe.
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Image source: fig. 352C in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).
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Distribution:
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W.Aust.; N.S.W.; Vic. a Mediterranean species.
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Conservation status:
naturalised
Flowering time: July (1 record).
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SA Distribution Map based
on current data relating to
specimens held in the
State Herbarium of South Australia
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Biology:
No text
Author:
Not yet available
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