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| image =
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| unranked_divisio = [[Angiosperms]]
| unranked_classis = [[Eudicots]]
| unranked_ordo = [[Rosids]]
| ordo = [[Fabales]]
| familia = [[Fabaceae]]
| subfamilia = [[Faboideae]]
| tribus = [[Trifolieae]]
| genus = ''[[Melilotus]]''
| species = '''''M. wolgicus'''''
| binomial = ''Melilotus wolgicus''
| binomial_authority = [[Jean Louis Marie Poiret|Poir]].
}}

'''''Melilotus wolgicus''''', the '''Volga sweet-clover''' or '''Russian melilot''', is native to [[Russia]] and [[Kazakhstan]], where it is common in the lower [[Volga River|Volga]] and [[Don River (Russia)|Don]] valleys. The species is also naturalized in [[Manitoba]] and [[Saskatchewan]], where the climate is similar to that of its native range.<ref>[http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47065#page/347/mode/1up Boivin, B. 1967. Flora of the Prairie Provinces. Phytologia 15(6): 329–446.]</ref> The plant has been discussed as a potential forage crop, as it is tolerant to cold and to drought, and reportedly more productive than ''M. albus''.<ref>[http://www.agroatlas.ru/en/content/related/Melilotus_wolgicus/ Agroatlas, Interactive Ecological Agricultural Atlas of Russia and Neighboring Countries, N.I. Dzyubenko & E.A. Dzyubenko]</ref><ref>Brezhnev D.D., Korovina O.N. 1980. Wild relatives of the cultivated plants of flora of the USSR. Leningrad: Kolos. 376 pp</ref>

''Melilotus wolgicus'' is a [[Biennial plant|biennial]] herb with a large [[taproot]]. Stems can reach a height of {{convert|150|cm|in|round=0.5|abbr=on}}, frequently branching above ground. Leaves are [[trifoliate]] with ovate to lanceolate leaflets. Flowers are up to {{convert|3.5|mm|in|abbr=on}} long, white with pink veins.<ref>[http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/738807#page/651/mode/1up Poiret, Jean Louis Marie, in Lamarck, Jean Baptiste Antoine Pierre de Monnet de. 1814. Encyclopédie Méthodique. Botanique, Supplément 3(2): 648.]</ref><ref>Grossheim A.A. 1945. Genus ''Melilotus''. Flora of the USSR. Vol. 11. Moscow-Leningrad: USSR.</ref><ref>Pavlov N.B., ed. 1961. Flora of Kazakhstan. Vol. 5. Alma-Ata: AN KazSSR. 515 pp.</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Trifolieae]]
[[Category:Flora of Russia]]
[[Category:Flora of Kazakhstan]]
[[Category:Flora of Manitoba]]
[[Category:Flora of Saskatchewan]]

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