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White sweet-clover

Melilotus albus

Family: Fabaceae Genus: Melilotus Species: albus

Synonyms: Melilotus giganteus, Melilotus rugulosus, Trifolium melilotus, Melilotus tenellus, Melilotus officinalis var. albus, Trigonella alba, Melilotus leucanthus, Melilotus albus f. prolifer, Melilotus officinalis subsp. albus, Melilotus albus var. macrocarpus, Melilotus vulgaris, Melilotus albus var. argutus, Melilotus vulgaris var. gigantea, Melilotus urbanii, Melilotus vulgaris var. minor, Melilotus argutus, Melilotus angulatus, Melilotus kotschyi, Medicago alba, Melilotus melanospermus, Sertula alba, Melilotus arboreus, Melilotus strictus

White sweet-clover (en)
Melilotus albus โ€” flower
Melilotus albus โ€” flower

Botanical Description

Flower: Color: white; Conspicuous

Foliage: Texture: coarse

Native Region: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Altay, Assam, Austria, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belarus, Bulgaria, Cape Provinces, Central European Rus, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, East European Russia, East Himalaya, Egypt, Ethiopia, France, Free State, Germany, Greece, Gulf States, Hungary, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kirgizstan, Krasnoyarsk, Krym, KwaZulu-Natal, Lebanon-Syria, Lesotho, Libya, Manchuria, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, North Caucasus, Northern Provinces, Northwest European R, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Sinai, South European Russi, Spain, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Tanzania, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zimbabwe

Chemistry & External Identifiers

Trefle ID
51509

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