Melilotus albus

White Sweetclover
[ White Sweet-clover ]

[not native to the Mid-Atlantic area]

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Family: Fabaceae (Pea / Legume family)

Mid-Atlantic bloom time: April - October

White Sweet-clover flowers are white, with their wing and keel petals are about equal in length.

It is native to Eurasia. Yellow Sweetclover's genus Melilotus is closely related to the clover genus Trifolium and is often refered to as "clover" in common usage. Melilotus species leaves are similar to clover but narrower, the leaflets only about half as wide as long, and have a serrated margin.

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