Yellow Sweet Clover

(Melilotus oficinalis)

Characteristics

Seedling	Leaves	Flowers	Fruit

Growing habit: Erect annual/biennial herb

Root anatomy: Fibrous roots from taproot

Leaf anatomy: Alternate, compound, pinnately trifoliate, leaflets oblanceolate to obovate, margins somewhat serrated

Reproduction: White or yellow flowers in slender, elongated raceme; pod globose, dark brown, covered with coarse nerves

^{References: Weeds of the South by Charles T. Bryson and Michael S. DeFelice}