white sweet clover (Melilotus alba) |
UWSP Common Plants of Wisconsin |
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white sweet clover (Melilotus alba; BEAN FAMILY [Fabaceae]) Tall (1’-6') annual or biennial herbs. Flowers white, in 2-4" racemes like a clover head strung out on a line. Leaves fragrant when dried. 3 finely toothed leaflets, the middle one distinctly stalked. Roadsides and waste places, flowering in summer and early fall. Occurs with yellow sweet clover in most of its range. [082]
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