Native Plants
Digital Herbaria
Melilotus officinalis
Melilotus officinalis (L.) Lam.
()
USDA Symbol: MEOFUSDA Native Status: L48 (I), AK (I), HI (I), PR (I), CAN (I), GL (I), SPM (I)
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Specimen & Label Data
Melolotus albus
White Sweetclover
Fabaceae
Location: South side of Carriage Square--Oakwell Farms.Latitude: 0.000000
Habitat: Deep, alkaline, alluvial soil. Full sun. Above average moisture. Common in the area, often in dense colonies.
Description: Erect annual, 80 cm tall, from a very long taproot. Leaves alternate, trifoliate, very long petiolate. Leaflets lanceolate, serrate, 6 x 15. Flowers in terminal/axillary racemes; white. Fruit not seen.
County: Bexar
Collector: Harry Cliffe
Collection Date: Jun 5, 1987
Specimen number: 219
Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 0455
Accession Date: Jul 27, 1993
Accession Number: 36
Annotations: SCXRB