- Name
- Clover, Sweet Clover
- Common Names
- White Sweet Clover, Melilot, Yellow Sweet Clover
- Scientific Name
- Melilotus spp
- Family
- Fabaceae (Legume/Pea/Bean Family)
- Description
- Melilotus albans (White Sweet Clover), Melilotus officinalis (Yellow Sweet Clover) Annual or biennial plant is 3-8' tall, branching occasionally and having a lanky appearance. The light green stems are round or slightly terete (i.e., furrowed on all sides) and glabrous.
- Leaves
- Alternate leaves are trifoliate.
- Flowers
- Stalks bear 20 to 65 white racemes, terminal and axillary; greyish green leaflets are up to 1" long and 1/3" across.
- Bloom Time
- April to October
- Pollen Source
- good
- Nectar Source
- good
- Pollen Color
- yellow to dark yellow
- Native to NC
- No
