Melilotus physocarpa, Stefanov

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1981, Flora Europaea. Volume 2. Rosaceae to Umbelliferae, Cambridge University Press : 150

16. M. physocarpa Stefanov , Bull. Soc. Bot. Bulg. 3: 79 (1929).

Erect annual 10-15 cm, diffusely branched from base; branches crispate-pubescent. Leaflets cuneate-obovate, denticulate, slightly fleshy. Stipules lanceolate, entire. Racemes short, few-flowered, longer than subtending leaf. Corolla c. 5 mm, white, tinged with blue or violet. Legume 4-4-5 mm, ovoid-globose, abruptly mucronate, pendent, with few obscure longitudinal veins, sparsely crispate-pubescent. Dry, rocky places. • Turkey-inEurope (Kumbag, near Tekirdag). Tu.

This species is apparently known only from the original collection, the location of which is uncertain. It is very similar to and may not be distinct from M. bicolor Boiss. & Balansa in Boiss., Diagn. Pl. Or. Nov. 3(6): 46 (1859), from W. Anatolia.