This section is from the book "Harper's Guide To Wild Flowers", by Caroline A. Creevey. Also available from Amazon: Harper's Guide To Wild Flowers.
Melilotus officinalis - Family, Pulse. Color, yellow. Flowers, small, in spiked, drooping racemes. Leaves, of 3 toothed leaflets, blunt at apex, minutely serrate.
A plant which, when dried, is fragrant. It grows tall, from 2 to 4 feet. Common in waste fields or cultivated ground.
 
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