NPSpecies

White flowered plants have long been known as Melilotus alba (perhaps the epithet should be albus). The distinction is not accepted by the current version of USDA Plants, here followed, which thus includes M. alba in the synonomy of M. officinalis. There is some correlation between flower color and some other charactors (blooming time, inflorescence length, corolla morphology), and thus white sweet-clover probably is worthy of some taxonomic status, perhaps as a var. or ssp. of M. officinalis.; Data Source: Steve Grund, Botanist and Vascula plant taxa expert, Western Pennsylvania Conservancy, 3/9/2007.

Data Source: Steve Grund, Botanist and Vascula plant taxa expert, Western Pennsylvania Conservancy, 3/9/2007. Legacy NPSpecies information may no longer be applicable, please remove if it is not applicable. In legacy NPSpecies Cultivation value was Not cultivated with comment: Data Source: Steve Grund, Botanist and Vascula plant taxa expert, Western Pennsylvania Conservancy, 3/9/2007.

Data Source: Steve Grund, Botanist and Vascula plant taxa expert, Western Pennsylvania Conservancy, 3/9/2007.

Park Species Detail: See synonym Melilotus alba (TSN #26149) to view additional species evidence., Park Species Data Source: Roddy and Hammons, 1986. NPBIB-51056., Accepted Detail: Steve Grund, Botanist, Western Pennsylvania Conservancy, 3/5/2007.