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Small Melilot
Small Melilot
Melilotus indicus
Plantae
COMMON

Stats

Lifespan
Annual
Size
Medium
Diet
Photosynthetic
Biome
Temperate grassland
Range
Africa, Europe and Asia
Movement
Sessile
Breeding
Seeds
Defense
Toxins
Status
Common

About

A slender annual clover-relative found on roadsides and disturbed ground across temperate regions worldwide. Its tiny yellow flowers emit a sweet coumarin scent — the same compound used to make the blood-thinner warfarin.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    seed
    A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
  2. 2.
    sprout
    A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
  3. 3.
    sapling
    A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
  4. 4.
    mature
    Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Fabales
Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Melilotus
Species
Melilotus indicus