Author | (L.) Lamarck | |
Distribution | Throughout the state, but rare in the Sandhills proper and scarce in the southern Coastal Plain.
Native of Eurasia; in N.A. essentially throughout. | |
Abundance | Frequent to common except rare in the Sandhills and southern Coastal Plain. | |
Habitat | Roadsides, railroad margins, powerlines, fields, meadows, fallow cropfields, waste places. | |
Phenology | Flowering and fruiting April-October. | |
Identification | It is very similar to White Sweetclover (M. albus), except that the flowers are yellow. It is also similar to Indian Sweetclover (M. indicus), but it grows 2-3 times as tall and the flowers are much larger. | |
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State Rank | SE | |
Global Rank | GNR | |
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USACE-agcp | FACU link |
USACE-emp | FACU link |