Common Name: white sweet clover, melilotScientific Name: Melilotus alba MedicusFamily Name: Fabaceae (Leguminosae) - Pea or Bean FamilyIdentification NotesLife Cycleintroduced annual or biennial, reproducing by seed Stemsupright very tall, smooth, sometimes pubescent above, widely branched Leavesalternate, compound, 3 leaflets, finely pubescent; leaflets oblong (oblanceolate), center leaflet on stalked, lateral leaflet on petiole, margins fine toothed Flowerswhite; racemes, terminal and axillary Seed Podsvery small, 1 to 2-seeded, black to dark grey, smooth or slightly net veined Other: considered to be the same as yellow sweetclover