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Wild-Woman Dame Commander of the Wild Empire Registered: February 2006 Location: North Kent Posts: 9,728	SSSI in Kent today.
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Tiggrx
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Registered: January 2006
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Tue August 22, 2006 4:20pm

This is Tall Melilot (Melilotus altissimus) rather than Ribbed Melilot. The best way to tell is to look at the length of the keel of the flower in relation to the length of the wings (the top left flower in your pic is a good example). In Tall Melilot keel and wings are similar in length, in ribbed melilot the keel is noticeably shorter than the wings.

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Wild-Woman

Dame Commander of the Wild Empire

Registered: February 2006
Location: North Kent
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Tue August 22, 2006 4:32pm

Thank you for that Tiggrx. Some plants are so close it's almost indistinguishable. Glad you're an expert. Julie

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