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Melilots (Melilotus)
Also known as : Kumoniga
Melilots (Melilotus) is a family of aggressively spreading groundcover perennials that were introduced to North America to help create grazing areas for livestock, but it has since become uncontrollable. It is so aggressive that it can easily choke out established native grasses. Animals, both wild and domestic, do love to graze on it, though!
Lifespan
Annual
Key Facts About Melilots
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Attributes of Melilots
Flower Color
White
Yellow
Leaf type
Deciduous
Scientific Classification of Melilots
Distribution of Melilots
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Distribution Map of Melilots
Native
Cultivated
Invasive
Potentially invasive
Exotic
No species reported
How to Grow and Care for Melilots
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Melilots comprises herbaceous plants known for their tall, erect growth habit and sweet-scented flowers. They thrive in full to partial sunlight and prefer well-draining soil with moderate fertility. Consistent moisture is crucial, but melilots is also drought-tolerant once established. The genus faces challenges like powdery mildew and root rot in overly moist conditions. Pests such as aphids and weevils may afflict melilots. Seasonally, melilots may require protection from frost and can benefit from cutbacks in late autumn to encourage vigorous spring growth.
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7 most common species：
White sweetclover
White sweetclover (Melilotus albus) is a flowering herbaceous plant also known as white melilot and honey-clover. White sweetclover is a sweet-scented herb. The leaves of this species are divided into three leaflets and have small, sharp teeth.
Yellow sweet clover
Yellow sweet clover is a nitrogen-fixing legume often used in pastures. Yellow flowers attract pollinators, while the seeds make an ideal food for small animals. The dense habit provides nesting areas for ducks and small mammals. Yellow sweet clover can be used for livestock, however, they may initially reject the legume due to its bitter taste and will eat it only after their palates become used to the flavor.
Annual yellow sweet clover
Annual yellow sweet clover (Melilotus indicus) is a herb that’s indigenous to Asia, Europe, and northern Africa. It grows 10 to 50 cm in height, and, because it is a nitrogen fixer, is commonly used to improve soil. Annual yellow sweet clover has become invasive in the U.S., though it can still be a useful source of nectar for bees.
Tall yellow sweetclover
The High Stone Clover is a biennial plant. The herbaceous growing, branched stems is upright or arched ascending and usually reaches a height of 60 to 125 cm. The foliage leaflets are obovate to oblong-wedge-shaped and serrate toothed. The stipules are entire or - in the middle and lower - provided with a tooth.
Furrowed melilot
Furrowed melilot is an aromatic annual shrub that flourishes in dry areas, including deserts. This plant derives its common name Furrowed melilot from its toothed or ‘furrowed’ leaflets and the Greek word meli, which means honey, in reference to its characteristic sweet-smelling odor.
Banat sweetclover
Banat sweetclover is a flowering legume with slender stems and small, serrated leaflets. Its clusters of tiny, sweet-scented yellow flowers draw pollinators while nodules on its roots enhance soil fertility by fixing nitrogen. Thriving in sunny fields, banat sweetclover's resilience to varied conditions allows it to prosper across temperate regions.
Sweetclover
With delicate yellow blossoms, sweetclover brings subtle sweetness to grasslands and fields. This legume's tiny, pea-like flowers cluster on slender spikes, exuding a pleasant fragrance. Its trifoliate leaves hint at its clover kinship, while capturing nitrogen to enrich the soil. Sweetclover thrives in sunny environments, its roots firmly anchored, adapting well to various conditions, underlining its resilient and symbiotic nature.
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Dracaena
Dracaena are popular house plants that are easy to grow. They can tolerate low-light conditions and require little watering. Their leaves range from variegated to dark green. Their characteristic traits include woody stems that grow slowly but offer a striking appearance for small spaces such as apartments or offices.
Fig trees
Fig trees have been cultivated in many regions for their fruits, particularly the common fig, F. carica. Most of the species have edible fruits, although the common fig is the only one of commercial value. Fig trees are also important food sources for wildlife in the tropics, including monkeys, bats, and insects.
Brambles
Brambles are members of the rose family, and there are hundreds of different types to be found throughout the European countryside. They have been culturally significant for centuries; Christian folklore stories hold that when the devil was thrown from heaven, he landed on a bramble bush. Their vigorous growth habit can tangle into native plants and take over.
Maples
The popular tree family known as maples change the color of their leaves in the fall. Many cultural traditions encourage people to watch the colors change, such as momijigari in Japan. Maples popular options for bonsai art. Alternately, their sap is used to create maple syrup.
Prunus
Prunus is a genus of flowering fruit trees that includes almonds, cherries, plums, peaches, nectarines, and apricots. These are often known as "stone fruits" because their pits are large seeds or "stones." When prunus trees are damaged, they exhibit "gummosis," a condition in which the tree's gum (similar to sap) is secreted to the bark to help heal external wounds.
Nightshades
Nightshades is a large and diverse genus of plants, with more than 1500 different types worldwide. This genus incorporates both important staple food crops like tomato, potato, and eggplant, but also dangerous poisonous plants from the nightshade family. The name was coined by Pliny the Elder almost two thousand years ago.
Roses
Most species of roses are shrubs or climbing plants that have showy flowers and sharp thorns. They are commonly cultivated for cut flowers or as ornamental plants in gardens due to their attractive appearance, pleasant fragrance, and cultural significance in many countries. The rose hips (fruits) can also be used in jams and teas.
Oaks
Oaks are among the world's longest-lived trees, sometimes growing for over 1,000 years! The oldest known oak tree is in the southern United States and is over 1,500 years old. Oaks produce an exceedingly popular type of wood which is used to make different products, from furniture and flooring to wine barrels and even cosmetic creams.
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About
Key Facts
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Melilots
Melilotus
Also known as: Kumoniga
Melilots (Melilotus) is a family of aggressively spreading groundcover perennials that were introduced to North America to help create grazing areas for livestock, but it has since become uncontrollable. It is so aggressive that it can easily choke out established native grasses. Animals, both wild and domestic, do love to graze on it, though!
Lifespan
Annual
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Key Facts About Melilots
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Attributes of Melilots
Flower Color
White
Yellow
Leaf type
Deciduous
Scientific Classification of Melilots
Distribution of Melilots
Feedback
Distribution Map of Melilots
Native
Cultivated
Invasive
Potentially invasive
Exotic
No species reported
How to Grow and Care for Melilots
Feedback
Melilots comprises herbaceous plants known for their tall, erect growth habit and sweet-scented flowers. They thrive in full to partial sunlight and prefer well-draining soil with moderate fertility. Consistent moisture is crucial, but melilots is also drought-tolerant once established. The genus faces challenges like powdery mildew and root rot in overly moist conditions. Pests such as aphids and weevils may afflict melilots. Seasonally, melilots may require protection from frost and can benefit from cutbacks in late autumn to encourage vigorous spring growth.
Exploring the Melilots Plants
Feedback
7 most common species：
White sweetclover
White sweetclover (Melilotus albus) is a flowering herbaceous plant also known as white melilot and honey-clover. White sweetclover is a sweet-scented herb. The leaves of this species are divided into three leaflets and have small, sharp teeth.
Yellow sweet clover
Yellow sweet clover is a nitrogen-fixing legume often used in pastures. Yellow flowers attract pollinators, while the seeds make an ideal food for small animals. The dense habit provides nesting areas for ducks and small mammals. Yellow sweet clover can be used for livestock, however, they may initially reject the legume due to its bitter taste and will eat it only after their palates become used to the flavor.
Annual yellow sweet clover
Annual yellow sweet clover (Melilotus indicus) is a herb that’s indigenous to Asia, Europe, and northern Africa. It grows 10 to 50 cm in height, and, because it is a nitrogen fixer, is commonly used to improve soil. Annual yellow sweet clover has become invasive in the U.S., though it can still be a useful source of nectar for bees.
Tall yellow sweetclover
The High Stone Clover is a biennial plant. The herbaceous growing, branched stems is upright or arched ascending and usually reaches a height of 60 to 125 cm. The foliage leaflets are obovate to oblong-wedge-shaped and serrate toothed. The stipules are entire or - in the middle and lower - provided with a tooth.
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More Popular Genus
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Dracaena
Dracaena are popular house plants that are easy to grow. They can tolerate low-light conditions and require little watering. Their leaves range from variegated to dark green. Their characteristic traits include woody stems that grow slowly but offer a striking appearance for small spaces such as apartments or offices.
Fig trees
Fig trees have been cultivated in many regions for their fruits, particularly the common fig, F. carica. Most of the species have edible fruits, although the common fig is the only one of commercial value. Fig trees are also important food sources for wildlife in the tropics, including monkeys, bats, and insects.
Brambles
Brambles are members of the rose family, and there are hundreds of different types to be found throughout the European countryside. They have been culturally significant for centuries; Christian folklore stories hold that when the devil was thrown from heaven, he landed on a bramble bush. Their vigorous growth habit can tangle into native plants and take over.
Maples
The popular tree family known as maples change the color of their leaves in the fall. Many cultural traditions encourage people to watch the colors change, such as momijigari in Japan. Maples popular options for bonsai art. Alternately, their sap is used to create maple syrup.
Prunus
Prunus is a genus of flowering fruit trees that includes almonds, cherries, plums, peaches, nectarines, and apricots. These are often known as "stone fruits" because their pits are large seeds or "stones." When prunus trees are damaged, they exhibit "gummosis," a condition in which the tree's gum (similar to sap) is secreted to the bark to help heal external wounds.
Nightshades
Nightshades is a large and diverse genus of plants, with more than 1500 different types worldwide. This genus incorporates both important staple food crops like tomato, potato, and eggplant, but also dangerous poisonous plants from the nightshade family. The name was coined by Pliny the Elder almost two thousand years ago.
Roses
Most species of roses are shrubs or climbing plants that have showy flowers and sharp thorns. They are commonly cultivated for cut flowers or as ornamental plants in gardens due to their attractive appearance, pleasant fragrance, and cultural significance in many countries. The rose hips (fruits) can also be used in jams and teas.
Oaks
Oaks are among the world's longest-lived trees, sometimes growing for over 1,000 years! The oldest known oak tree is in the southern United States and is over 1,500 years old. Oaks produce an exceedingly popular type of wood which is used to make different products, from furniture and flooring to wine barrels and even cosmetic creams.
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