Details for: PI 108647, Melilotus polonicus (L.) Desr., 1162

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Melilotus polonicus (L.) Desr.

Top Name:

1162

Origin:

Collected – Former, Soviet Union

Maintained:

North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station

Received by NPGS:

Feb 1935

PI Assigned:

1935

Improvement Status:

Wild material

Backup Location:

National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation

Inventory Volume:

122
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Availability

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North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Melilotus polonicus (L.) Desr.

Top Name:

1162

Origin:

Collected – Former, Soviet Union

Maintained:

North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station

Received by NPGS:

Feb 1935

PI Assigned:

1935

Improvement Status:

Wild material

Source History

Collected

Former, Soviet Union
Locality: Lower Volga region.

Donated

10 November 1934.
District of Columbia, United States

Donor(s):

Accession Names and Identifiers

1162

Type: Other or unclassified name

Narrative

Upright stem 20 to 30 inches high, somewhat sparse foliage, and bright-yellow flowers in short racemes. Native to southern Soviet Union.

Melilotus polonicus (L.) Desr.

Genus:

Melilotus

Family:

Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)

Subfamily:

Faboideae

Tribe:

Trifolieae

Nomen number:

24012

Place of publication:

J. B. A. P. M. de Lamarck, Encycl. 4:66. 1797 "polonica" (Pallas, Reise russ.reich. 3:537. 1776, nom. nud.)

Comment:

authorship verified from original literature (see p. 67)

Verified:

08/25/1989 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Basionym
Trifolium polonicum L.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Melilotus caspius Gruner

Common names

Annotations

The Taxonomic Name Of The Accession When It Was Received: 16 Jun 1995, from Melilotus caspius Gruner to Melilotus polonicus (L.) Desr.

Observations

Phenotype Data

Category	Descriptor	Description	Value	Sample Size	Study	Inventory	Availability
GROWTH	HEIGHT OF FLOWERING PLANTS	Height (stem length)of flowering plants measured from the soil in cm, before lodging. Recorded after 50% of the plants have open flowers.	110	45	AMA.MEL.1998.BIENNIALS.FIELD	PI 108647 92ncai01 SD	Not Available
GROWTH	SPRING VIGOR	Visual estimate of amount of vegetative growth of biennial sweetclover three to four weeks after growth starts in the second year, coded 1-9.	8 - (1 = GOOD, 9 = POOR)	7	AMA.MEL.2010.OVER-WINTERED.FIELD	PI 108647 98ncai01 SD	Not Available
GROWTH	PLANT GROWTH HABIT	Plant growth habit evaluated when 50% of the plants have open flowers. The most useful data are from non-transplanted, field-grown, widely spaced plants.	6 - (1 = PROSTRATE, 9 = VERY ERECT)	45	AMA.MEL.1998.BIENNIALS.FIELD	PI 108647 92ncai01 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	FLOWER COLOR	FLOWER COLOR	Y - YELLOW	0	AMA.MEL.1992	PI 108647 80ncpi01 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	FLOWER COLOR	FLOWER COLOR	Y - YELLOW	45	AMA.MEL.1998.BIENNIALS.FIELD	PI 108647 92ncai01 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	PLANT SHAPE	The presence of a many-thin-stem trait that is desirable for forage. Reference: Kirk, L.E. 1931 Sci. Agr. 11:315-325.	STAND - Percent of standard type usually with 5 to 10 thick stems. (100%)	7	AMA.MEL.2010.OVER-WINTERED.FIELD	PI 108647 98ncai01 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	SEEDLING COLOR	The percentage of seedlings with stem or leaf red coloring in a given sample size. Faint indistinct coloring can be recorded as intermediate green and explained in the comment field.	100	30	AMA.MEL.1992	PI 108647 80ncpi01 SD	Not Available
OTHER	CORE SUBSET	A flag to indicate the accession is part of the core subset	Y - YES, THE ACCESSION IS PART OF THE CORE COLLECTION		NC7.MELILOTUS		Not Available
PHENOLOGY	DURATION	The length of time that the plants ordinarily live before flowering and death. The biennials require a cold treatment before flowering, while annuals do not.	BIE - percent biennial (100%)	45	AMA.MEL.1998.BIENNIALS.FIELD	PI 108647 92ncai01 SD	Not Available
PHENOLOGY	DURATION	The length of time that the plants ordinarily live before flowering and death. The biennials require a cold treatment before flowering, while annuals do not.	UNK - percent that did not flower when expected, so unknown		AMA.MEL.1992	PI 108647 80ncpi01 SD	Not Available
PHENOLOGY	MATURITY DAY FOR HAY HARVEST	Maturity for hay forage harvest. For biennials, Julian day in the second year of growth when 50% of the plants have open flowers. For annuals, days after seeding when 50% of the plants have open flowers.	201	45	AMA.MEL.1998.BIENNIALS.FIELD	PI 108647 92ncai01 SD	Not Available
PRODUCTION	HUNDRED SEED WEIGHT	The weight in grams of 100 seeds.	.3		NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNER	PI 108647 92ncai01 SD	Not Available
PRODUCTION	HUNDRED SEED WEIGHT	The weight in grams of 100 seeds.	.36		NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNER	PI 108647 80ncpi01 SD	Not Available
PRODUCTION	HUNDRED SEED WEIGHT	The weight in grams of 100 seeds.	.36		NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNER	PI 108647 80ncpo01 SD	Not Available
PRODUCTION	HUNDRED SEED WEIGHT	The weight in grams of 100 seeds.	.39		NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNER	PI 108647 98ncai01 SD	Not Available