Yellow Sweetclover
Melilotus officinalis (L.) Lam.
- light
- Full sun
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 61 cm
- wide
- 61 cm
Fabaceae
Also called Yellow Sweet Clover, Ribbed Melilot, Yellow Sweet-clover, Common Melilot, Ribbed melilot
Formerly Brachylobus officinalis, Medicago officinalis, Melilotus armenus, Melilotus arvensis, and 26 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
Read from iNaturalist photographs of it in flower. A month counts at 50% of the best month's flowering share (smoothed over three months) and 10% of its flowering count, from at least 100 flowering observations in the band.
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Annual or perennialKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Europe to W. Himalaya and Arabian Pen.Kew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun (6 h or more)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 30 cm to 91 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Spread
- 30 cm to 91 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- YellowRead from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: coldest it survives, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- German
- Gelber Steinklee, Echter Steinklee, Gebräuchlicher Honigklee
- Spanish
- meliloto amarillo, trébol de color amarillo
- root
- MELOFF, Իշառվույտ դեղատու, Эмт хошоон
- Portuguese
- Meliloto, meliloto, meliloto-amarelo
- French
- Mélilot jaune, Melilot officinal, mélilot officinal
- Russian
- Донник лекарственный, Донник желтый, Донник жёлтый
- Czech
- komonice lékařská
- Danish
- Mark-stenkløver
- Norwegian Bokmål
- legesteinkløver, Legesteinkløver
- Italian
- Meliloto comune, Erba vetturina gialla, Meliloto
- Finnish
- rohtomesikkä
- Lithuanian
- Geltonžiedis barkūnas, Jondobilis
Where this comes from
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0 (observation counts)
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0
- 3D model: Melilotus officinalis (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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