Agricultural
sweetclover, yellow sweetclover, ribbed melilot, field melilot, cornilla real, white sweetclover
True seedTrue seed:
A mature fertilized ovule consisting of an embryo, with or without and external food reserve (e.g., endosperm) enclosed by the testa.
OvalOval:
Broadly elliptic.
Yellow to tan to greenish-tan with some seeds mottled with red and purple
Dull and smooth
HilumHilum:
The scar on the seed coat at the place of its detachment from the seed stalk (funiculus).
is located near the end of the radicleRadicle:
The rudimentary root of the embryo, developing into the primary root after emergence from the seed coat.
. RadicleRadicle:
The rudimentary root of the embryo, developing into the primary root after emergence from the seed coat. lobe is parallel to the cotyledonCotyledon:
The modified storage leaf or pair of leaves of an embryo and seedling (see primary leaf).
lobe and the end view is symmetric.
Seeds are uniformly ovalOval:
Broadly elliptic. and symmetric on the edge view (planar). The furrow between the radicleRadicle:
The rudimentary root of the embryo, developing into the primary root after emergence from the seed coat. and cotyledonary lobe is approximately parallel to the axis of the seed. The uniformity of the seed is because they are borne in a one-seeded podPod:
A dehiscent fruit produced by leguminous plants (beans, peas). Also known as a legume.
. Occasionally, two seeds are formed in the podPod:
A dehiscent fruit produced by leguminous plants (beans, peas). Also known as a legume. giving each seed a flat side where they were appressedAppressed:
Pressed close or lying flat against something.
. This species has mottled seeds of various amounts. This is the only way they can be distinguished from seeds of M. albus.
Because the seed is relatively planar, you can flip the seed from side to side and it should appear the same.
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Included
Fabaceae
Melilotus officinalis (L.) Lam
Melilotus luteus Gueldenst.
Melilotus arvensis Wallr.
Melilotus officinalis var. micranthus O.E. Schulz
