Yellow Sweet Clover

A sweet-smelling herb in the pea family
(Fabacae). It is an erect annual or biennial that grows
from strong taproots, often growing in colonies. The
stems are freely branched above, hairless or with
sparse, fine, flat, stiff, very short hairs. The leaves are
alternate on the stems, and each leaf is comprised of 3
leaflets, arising from a distinct petiole. The leaflets are
.5 to 1.5 inches long, with small, sharp teeth, almost
hairless to finely flat- short-hairy. The numerous yellow flowers grow in clusters, flowering from May
to October. The fruit is produced in pods, usually with 1 seed. Seeds are dispersed by water and wind.
They are drought tolerant and winter hardy, but cannot withstand prolonged flooding.