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Melilotus officinalis can be an annual or biennial plant, and is 120–180 centimetres (4–6 ft) high at maturity. [3] Leaves alternate on the stem and possess three leaflets. Yellow flowers bloom in spring and summer and produce fruit in pods typically containing one seed. Seeds can be viable for up to 30 years.
It flowers very profusely, [50] and the large flower heads are borne on stalks 5–9 cm (2–3.5 in) above the foliage. Unlike other forms, the stems wither and die naturally after flowering, making way for more new growth and flowers. [51] The flower heads are golden yellow and measure 6 cm (2.5 in) across. [7]
Its yellow and bright flowers have antioxidant properties. [2] In Thailand it is the provincial flower of Nakhon Nayok, Sara Buri, Buri Ram, Suphan Buri and Uthai Thani Provinces. [3] Cochlospermum regium flower with praying mantis, in Laos
It is variable in appearance. The prostrate or upright stem grows up to 30 centimeters long. The oppositely arranged leaves are mostly oval in shape and may reach 6 centimeters long. The tubular flower is yellow in color, its tube just a few millimeters wide and widening at the lobed mouth. It may be up to 2.6 centimeters long.
The opening to the flower is hairy. A highly variable plant, taking many forms, E. guttata is a species complex in that there is room to treat some of its forms as different species by some definitions. [9] The plant ranges from 10 to 80 centimetres (4 to 31 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) tall with disproportionately large, 2 to 4 cm long, tubular flowers. The ...
Black medick has small (2–3 mm) [9] yellow flowers grouped in tight bunches (compact racemes). On larger plants the flower heads may reach 8 mm (5 ⁄ 16 in) or more. [3] The fruit is a single-seeded pod, 1.5 to 3 mm in diameter, [9] that does not open upon maturation, but hardens and turns black when ripe. Each pod contains a single amber ...
Fritillaria pudica, the yellow fritillary, is a small perennial plant [2] found in the sagebrush country in the western United States (Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming, very northern California, Nevada, northwestern Colorado, North Dakota and Utah) and Canada (Alberta and British Columbia). [3] [4] It is a member of the lily family ...
American Indians used the root tea for stomach ulcers, colds, jaundice, sore mouth or throat and as an astringent. A folk remedy used in the South for diabetes and hypertension. This species contains berberine, which is an anti-inflammatory, astringent, hemostatic, antimicrobial, anticonvulsant and immunostimulant.