Melilotus segetalis(Brot.) Ser.

WFO wfo-0000212824 Accepted WFO 2026-06 4 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–d · 2 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 2 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Melilotus segetalis, photographed by Aissa Djamel Filali
fig. a Aissa Djamel Filali, CC BY-SA 4.0 / 2020-05-28 / obs. 75870555
Melilotus segetalis, photographed by Karim Haddad
fig. b Karim Haddad, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 38413976
Melilotus segetalis, photographed by Karim Haddad
fig. c Karim Haddad, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 38413989
Melilotus segetalis, photographed by Karim Haddad
fig. d Karim Haddad, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 38414000

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Native range 20 botanical countries

Regions where Melilotus segetalis is native: Algeria, Egypt, Madeira, Morocco, Tunisia, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Lebanon-Syria, Türkiye, Baleares, Corse, France, Greece, Italy, Kriti, NW. Balkan Pen., Portugal, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain AlgeriaEgyptMoroccoTunisiaCyprusEast Aegean Is.Lebanon-SyriaTürkiyeCorseFranceGreeceItalyKritiNW. Balkan Pen.PortugalSiciliaSpain MadeiraBalearesSardegna
Native distribution of Melilotus segetalis, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Baleares BAL EUROPE
Corse COR
France FRA
Greece GRC
Italy ITA
Kriti KRI
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Portugal POR
Sardegna SAR
Sicilia SIC
Spain SPA
Algeria ALG AFRICA
Egypt EGY
Madeira MDR
Morocco MOR
Tunisia TUN
Cyprus CYP ASIA-TEMPERATE
East Aegean Is. EAI
Lebanon-Syria LBS
Türkiye TUR

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 16 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Melilotus compactus subsp. leiospermus (Pomel)
  • Melilotus intermedius Boiss.
  • Melilotus leiospermus Pomel
  • Melilotus melilotus-segetalis Asch. & Graebn.
  • Melilotus segetalis prol. intermedius (Boiss.) O.E.Schulz
  • Melilotus segetalis prol. prostratus O.E.Schulz
  • Melilotus segetalis prol. salzmannii O.E.Schulz
  • Melilotus segetalis subsp. fallax Franco
  • Melilotus segetalis var. leiospermus (Pomel) Maire
  • Melilotus sulcatus f. elatus Rouy
  • Melilotus sulcatus prol. leiospermus (Pomel) Rouy
  • Melilotus sulcatus subsp. segetalis (Brot.) P.Fourn.
  • Melilotus sulcatus var. segetalis (Brot.) Rouy
  • Trifolium segetale Brot.
  • Trifolium segetalis Brot.
  • Trigonella segetalis (Brot.) Coulot & Rabaute

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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