This section is from the book "Who's Who Among The Wild Flowers", by W. I. Beecroft. Also available from Amazon: A Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants.
Melilotus officinalis. Pulse Family. June - Aug.
Found in waste places. Naturalized from Europe.
Resemble the White Melilot, except in color, yellow, small, in slender spikes terminating branches, 2 - 4 feet high.
Small, in groups of 3, blunt tipped, toothed.
 
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