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Melilotus elegans - <I>Echinargus isola</I> feeding on <I>M. elegans</I> - Click to enlarge!

Echinargus isola feeding on M. elegans; Celeirós, Braga, Portugal; 5/2009 © Jörn Germer

Melilotus elegans - Inflorescence - Click to enlarge!

Inflorescence; Celeirós, Braga, Portugal; 5/2009 © Jörn Germer

Melilotus elegans - Upper and lower surface of leaf - Click to enlarge!

Upper and lower surface of leaf; Celeirós, Braga, Portugal; 5/2009 © Jörn Germer

Melilotus elegans - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Celeirós, Braga, Portugal; 5/2009 © Jörn Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 1077
Date of entry: 28.05.2009
Last update: 11.01.2020

Common name

English: Elegant Sweetclover

German: Eleganter Steinklee

Portuguese: Coroa-de-rei

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2599)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2496)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2111)

      Order: Fabales (237)

        Family: Fabaceae (237)(family description)

          Genus: Melilotus (3)

            Epithet: elegans Ser. (4)

elegans => graceful, neat, nice

Characteristics

Climate: sub-tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: herb

Flower colour: yellow

External links

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