Latin name: Melilotus albus Medikus
  Pronunciation: mel-i-LO-tus AL-bus

  Common name: White sweetclover
  Family: Fabaceae (Pea)
  Habitat: Commonly naturalized in waste places, open   disturbed, sometimes moist places, native to Eurasia,
  indistinguishable from M. officinalis prior to flowering

  Blooming period: May to September
  Click for Latin name derivations:  1) Melilotus  2) albus
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