Flora of Newfoundland and Labrador
Flora of Newfoundland and Labrador
Fabaceae/Fabacées - Legume Family
Melilotus officinalis (L.) Lam.
En: yellow sweetclover, field melilot, ribbed melilot
Fr: mélilot jaune, trèfle d'odeur jaune, mélilot officinal
Provincial Status: LiNi
Range: Europe; intr. in sw/w/eNfld., N to c/wLab.

[=Trifolium melilotus L. var. officinalis L. (basionym)]
[=Brachylobus officinalis (L.) Dulac]
[=Medicago officinalis (L.) E.H.L.Krause]
[=Melilotus arenarius Gresescu]
[=Melilotus armenus Boiss.]
[=Melilotus arvensis Wallr., nom. illeg.]
[=Melilotus arvensis Wallr. var. albus Cariot & St.-Lag.]
[=Melilotus arvensis Wallr. var. grandiflorus Lamotte]
[=Melilotus arvensis Wallr. var. maximus (Legrand) Cariot & St.-Lag.]
[=Melilotus bungeanus Boiss.]
[=Melilotus graveolens Bunge]
[=Melilotus kochiana Willd.]
[=Melilotus luteus Gueldenst.]
[=Melilotus maximus Legrand]
[=Melilotus melilotus-officinalis (L.) Acsh. & Graebn. 1898, non (L.) Farw.1900]
[=Melilotus neglectus Ten.]
[=Melilotus officinalis (L.) Lam. forma suaveolens (Ledeb.) H.Ohashi & Tateishi]
[=Melilotus officinalis (L.) Medik.1787, nom. illeg. isonym., non (L.) Lam. 1779]
[=Melilotus officinalis Pall., nom. inval., nom. nud.]
[=Melilotus pallidus Besser 1823, non Besser ex Ser. 1825]
[=Melilotus petitpierreanus Willd.]
[=Melilotus suaveolens Ledeb.]
[=Sertula officinalis (L.) Kuntze]

[The first verified Labrador report of Melilotus officinalis is from Churchill Falls (hydroseeded dyke), collected by I. Watts, 1975 (NFM); This species was also reported from the Happy Valley-Goose Bay area in 2021 by S.Blaney and E.Oberndorfer, but not observed in 2022 (S.Blaney and E.Oberndorfer 2022).]

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