Ribbed Melilot
Taken at Strathclyde Park on 17th June 2024 using Panasonic Lumix TZ70 in macro mode. Fact File

 Taken at Musselburgh on 21st June 2024 using Panasonic Lumix TZ70 in macro mode. Fact File


Ribbed Melilot.
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Order:
Family:
A.K.A.
Habit: 		Melilotus officinalis.
Fabales.
Fabaceae.
Yellow Clover.
Can be annual or biennial
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Feature:
  Disturbed land, prairies, and savannahs.
120 - 180 cms.
Spring - Summer
Contains coumarin that converts to dicoumarol, which is a powerful anticoagulant toxin, when the plant becomes mouldy. This can lead to bleeding diseases (internal hemorrhaging) and death in cattle.