Annual yellow sweetclover vs Italian Melilot

Melilotus indicus compared with Melilotus italicus

Key Differences

• Annual yellow sweetclover is Not Evaluated while Italian Melilot is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Annual yellow sweetclover	Italian Melilot
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class same	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order same	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family same	Fabaceae	Fabaceae
Genus same	Melilotus	Melilotus
Species	Melilotus indicus	Melilotus italicus

Evolutionary Relationship

Annual yellow sweetclover and Italian Melilot share a common ancestor at the Genus level: Melilotus.

Conservation Status

Annual yellow sweetclover

NE — Not Evaluated

Italian Melilot

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Annual yellow sweetclover	Italian Melilot
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Annual yellow sweetclover

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including deserts and xeric shrublands, flooded grasslands and savannas, and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands spanning the Afrotropic and Indomalayan realms.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (5 countries), Asia (5 countries), Europe (20 countries), North America (Canada, Mexico, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (6 countries).

Italian Melilot

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Found in Portugal.

Annual yellow sweetclover

The Annual yellow sweetclover (Melilotus indicus) is a species in the genus Melilotus. Found across multiple habitat types including deserts and xeric shrublands, flooded grasslands and savannas, and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands spanning the Afrotropic and Indomalayan realms.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇵🇹 Portugal