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(First upload on August 17 2010. Last on December 30 2020) [ 日本語 | English ]

Melilotus officinalis (L.) Pallas






Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily

Melilotus Mill. (シナガワハギ)
M. officinalis (L.) Pallas

ssp. suaveolens (Ledeb.) H. Ohashi (shinagawahagi, シナガワハギ, 品川萩/エビラハギ), yellow sweet clover
Lifeform: annual-biennial forb
Distribution: native to central Asia (exotic to Japan)
Habitat: common in urbanized regions
Synonyms:

Melilotus officinalis auct. non (L.) Pall.
Melilotus suaveolens Ledeb.

ssp. albus (Medik.) H. Ohasi et Tateishi (シロバナシナガワハギ, 白花品川萩/コゴメハギ), white sweet colver
Synonyms:

Melilotus albus Medik.

var. micranthus O. E. Schulz (ヒシバシナガワハギ)
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On a sandbar along Toyohira River, Sapporo, on July 14 2020 (Field training on integrated environmental research, 統合環境調査法実習). These two varieties often establsh together.
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Melilotus officinalis in Hokkaido


ssp. albus

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[1] on July 28 2010 at a paking lot, N11/W4, North Ward, Sapporo. [2/3] at the backyard of the Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University, on August 20 2015.

ssp. suaveolens

ST1 ST2 ST3
ST4 ST5
[1-3] at an open land, N21/E1, East Ward, Sapporo, on July 9 2014. [4/5] on a roadside in N24/W1, North Ward, Sapporo, on October 24 2020.

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