2007-03-27 14:24:23 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
Sometimes people see oxalis in their lawn and they call it yellow clover. http://faculty.etsu.edu/mcdowelt/Photos%20Use%5COxalis%20stricta%20Fl.jpg
2007-03-27 15:27:46 · answer #1 · answered by Kacky 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yellow clover is planted as a forage crop. A legume and can be used as a nitrogen booster to the soil and a pasture for cattle, sheep and goats. Many clovers are used to boost nitrogen naturally instead of chemical fertilizers. As an organic farmer I also used clovers as a green mature to plow under in the fall to make a natural fertilizer to grow organic fruits and vegetables.
2007-03-27 15:11:08 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is actually called Yellow Sweet Clover. Yellow Sweet Clover (Melilotus officinalis), also known as Yellow Melilot, is a legume sometimes grown for forage. Its characteristic sweet odor, intensified by drying, is derived from coumarin.
It has been used in herbal medicine. Yellow sweet clover is a major source of nectar for an apiary.
2007-03-27 14:30:16 · answer #3 · answered by Derek 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It might also be hot clover that gets little yellow ball shaped blooms on it. It also only gets about 8" tall in most cases but I have seen it about 3' tall.
2007-03-27 14:40:39 · answer #4 · answered by kingmt01 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www8.georgetown.edu/departments/physiology/cam/urbanherbs/yellow_sweet_clover.htm
2007-03-27 14:29:00 · answer #5 · answered by lilnetties 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋