Melilotus alba, Medicus

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1981, Flora Europaea. Volume 2. Rosaceae to Umbelliferae, Cambridge University Press : 149

3. M. alba Medicus , Vorl. Churpf. Phys.-Ökon. Ges. 2: 382 (1787).

Erect, branched annual or biennial 30-150 cm. Leaflets narrowly oblong-obovate to suborbicular, serrate. Stipules setaceous, entire. Racemes lax and slender, many-flowered. Corolla 4-5 mm, white; wings and keel nearly equal, shorter than standard. Legume 3-5 mm, obovoid, mucronate, reticulateveined, glabrous, greyish-brown when ripe. 2n=16. Open habitats, often as a weed or ruderal. Almost throughout Europe, except for most of the islands, but doubtfully native, especially in the north. Al Au Bu Cz *Da *Fe Ga Ge G r He *Ho Hs Hu It Ju Lu *No Po Rm Rs (*N, *B, C, W, K, E) *Su Tu [Be Br].