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Taxon:  Melilotus sulcatus Desf.



Summary
Genus:
Melilotus
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Trifolieae
Nomen number:
24020
Place of publication:
Fl. atlant. 2:193. 1799 "sulcata"
Verified:
08/25/1989 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Melilotus neapolitanus Ten.
Melilotus sulcatus Desf. subsp. brachystachys Maire ex Quézel & Santa, nom. inval.
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Reference(s)
  1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource) www.skud.info
  2. Ali, S. I. & S. M. H. Jafri, eds. 1976-. Flora of Libya.
  3. Davis, P. H., ed. 1965-1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands.
  4. Eriksson, O. et al. 1979. Flora of Macaronesia: checklist of vascular plants, ed. 2.
  5. Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984-. Med-Checklist.
  6. Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
  7. Izquierdo Z., I. et al., eds. 2004. Lista de especies silvestres de Canarias: hongos, plantas y animales terrestres
  8. Jahandiez, E. & R. Maire. 1931-1941. Catalogue des plantes du Maroc.
  9. Mouterde, P. 1966-. Nouvelle flore du Liban et de la Syrie.
  10. Pignatti, S. 1982. Flora d'Italia.
  11. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  12. Pottier-Alapetite, G. 1979-1981. Flore de la Tunisie: Angiospermes-Dicotyledones.
  13. Quézel, P. & S. Santa. 1962-1963. Nouvelle flore de l'Algerie.
  14. Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
  15. Sales, F. & I. C. Hedge. 1993. Melilotus Miller (Leguminosae): typification and nomenclature. Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 51:174.
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  17. Stace, C. 1995. New flora of the British Isles.
  18. Stevenson, G. A. 1969. An agronomic and taxonomic review of the genus Melilotus Mill. Canad. J. Pl. Sci. 49:14.
  19. Täckholm, V. 1974. Students' flora of Egypt, ed. 2.
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  21. Zohary, M. & N. Feinbrun-Dothan. 1966-. Flora palaestina.
Common names
English
furrowed melilot –
grooved melilot –
French
mélilote des moissons –
German
gefurchter Steinklee –
Portuguese
anafa –
Portuguese (Brazil)
meliloto-sulcado –
Spanish
trébol amarillo –
trébol real de olor –
Swedish
ribbsötväppling –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaMacaronesiaPortugalMadeira Islands 
1NativeAfricaMacaronesiaSpainCanarias 
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaAlgeria n.
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaEgypt  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaLibya n.
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaMorocco  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaTunisia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaCyprus  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIsrael  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaLebanon  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaSyria w.
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaTurkey w.
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeAlbania  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeFormer Yugoslavia  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeGreece incl. Crete
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeItaly incl. Sardinia, Sicily
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeFrance incl. Corsica
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropePortugal s.
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeSpain s., e., & Baleares
4Naturalized    natzd. elsewhere
Native
Africa
  • MACARONESIA: Spain [Canarias], Portugal [Madeira Islands]
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria (n.), Egypt, Libya (n.), Morocco, Tunisia
Asia-Temperate
  • WESTERN ASIA: Cyprus, Israel, Lebanon, Syria (w.), Turkey (w.)
Europe
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Former Yugoslavia, Albania, Greece (incl. Crete), Italy (incl. Sardinia, Sicily)
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain (s., e., & Baleares), France (incl. Corsica), Portugal (s.)
Naturalized (natzd. elsewhere)
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Weedpotential seed contaminanta contaminant of bird seedStace, C. 1995. New flora of the British Isles.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=24020. Accessed 29 May 2025.