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Melilotus indicus

Melilotus indicus (L.) All.

Allioni, C. (1785), Flora Pedemontana 1: 308
COMMENT:   Not known when first naturalised, but see P.M.Kloot, J. Adelaide Bot. Gard. 10 (1987) 237 with reference to use as fodder plant in 1906.

Gardner, C.A. (1925) Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Western Australia 11: 75
Nomenclatural Synonyms:

Trifolium indica L. ;  Willdenow, C.L. von in Willdenow, C.L. von (1802), Species Plantarum Edn. 4, 3 (2)

Black, J.M. (1929), Flora of South Australia 4: 311

Stevenson, G.A. (1969) Canadian Journal of Plant Science: 1-20 (12)

Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (Ed) (1994), Flora of Australia 49: 190