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Much like no. 2 [Melilotus officinalis (L.) Pall.], but sometimes short-lived perennial, and with pubescent, reticulate-veined, mostly 2-seeded frs 5–6 mm; 2n=16. Native of Eurasia, adventive here and there in our range.
| Life form | perennial | ||||||||||||
| Growth form | herb | ||||||||||||
| Growth support | - | ||||||||||||
| Foliage retention | deciduous | ||||||||||||
| Sexuality | hermaphrodite | ||||||||||||
| Pollination | entomogamy | ||||||||||||
| Spread | epizoochory | ||||||||||||
| Mature width (meter) | - | ||||||||||||
| Mature height (meter) | 1.2 | ||||||||||||
| Root system | tap-root | ||||||||||||
| Rooting depth (meter) | - | ||||||||||||
| Root diameter (meter) | - | ||||||||||||
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| Fruit color | - | ||||||||||||
| Fruiting months | - | ||||||||||||
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| Photosynthetic pathway | c3 |
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| Uses | animal food experimental purposes food forage medicinal poison |
| Edible | leaves pods seeds shoots |
| Therapeutic use | Cancer (unspecified) |
| Human toxicity | weak toxic (aerial) |
| Animal toxicity | - |
| Mode | seedlings |
| Germination duration (days) | - |
| Germination temperacture (C°) | - |
| Germination luminosity | - |
| Germination treatment | soaking |
| Minimum temperature (C°) | - |
| Optimum temperature (C°) | - |
| Size | - |
| Vigor | - |
| Productivity | - |
| LSID | urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:506901-1 |
| WFO ID | wfo-0000185371 |
| COL ID | 3ZFBT |
| BDTFX ID | 41767 |
| INPN ID | 107887 |
| Wikipedia (EN) | Link |
| Wikipedia (FR) | Link |