WHITE SWEET-CLOVER

Class: Melilotus alba

Family: PEA FAMILY

Sub Family: Fabaceae, Leguminosae

Year: Perennial

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Colour: White

Height: Up to 3 m (10')

Each Flower: 3 mm (1/8") long, standard is deeply cleft; narrow wings point forwards and enclose keel, green calyx is 5-pointed

Leaves: 1.3 cm (1/2") long stalks terminating in 3 leaflets, 1.3-3 cm (1/2-1 1/8") long, rounded tip, finely toothed and smooth

Stems: Several rigid stems from one root-stock; upper part square and ribbed and lower part rounded and ribbed; stem branches into flower-stems at leaf-axils

Blooming Period: May - July, and often into September

Habitat: Waste places and roadsides

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