lotus ii

LOTUs II

lotus

Flora Eur. 575

yellow honey clover, yellow sweet clover

Melilotus officinalis (L.) Pallas

Gelber Steinklee, Echter Steinklee, Echter Honigklee

mélilot officinal, mélilot jaune

meliloto giallo, meliloto odoroso

G. 3.394; see G.2.84 for lotus I, the tree.

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Abbe (1962, 119) identified lotus as "Melilotus italica" (not in Flora Eur.; only M. italicus (L.) Lam. is an accepted nomen), and Maggiuli as Melilotus. spp.. However, only M. officinalis, yellow sweet clover, is generally grown as a fodder plant in Italy. M. alba, white sweet clover, is a common Italian roadside weed.

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