Melilotus, known as melilot, sweet clover, and kumoniga (from the Cumans), [3] is a genus in the family Fabaceae (the same family that also includes the Trifolium clovers). Members are known as common grassland plants and as weeds of cultivated ground.

Melilotus officinalis, known as sweet yellow clover, yellow melilot, ribbed melilot [2] and common melilot, is a species of legume native to Eurasia and introduced in North America, Africa, and Australia.

Melilotus albus is considered a valuable honey plant and source of nectar and is often grown for forage. Its characteristic sweet odor, intensified by drying, is derived from coumarin.

Sweet clover (Melilotus officinalis) is a plant native to Europe and now found throughout the world. Its flowering branch and leaf are used as medicine. Sweet clover contains ingredients that...

Like the closely related Yellow Sweet Clover (Melilotus officinalis), White Sweet Clover was brought to North America as a forage crop and quickly escaped cultivation. It is commonly found in the disturbed soils of roadsides, old fields, trail edges and empty lots, but also encroaches in high grade habitat and can have explosive growth ...

Melilotus alba, M. officinalis. In: Fire Effects Information System, [Online]. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fire Sciences Laboratory (Producer).

Melilotus indicus (L.) All. - annual yellow sweetclover P.

Melilotus albus is an annual or biennial herb that is not native to California. [Wikipedia] Eurasian Native, Spread: Melilotus albus is of Eurasian origin but can now be found throughout the subtropical to temperate zones, especially in North America, and is common in sand dune, prairie, bunchgrass, meadow, and riparian habitats.

The Melilots or Sweet Clovers - formerly known as Melilot Trefoils and assigned, with the common clovers, to the large genus Trifolium, but now grouped in the genus Melilotus - are not very common in Britain, being not truly native, though they have become naturalized, having been extensively cultivated for fodder formerly, especially the ...

Melilotus officinalis is an annual or biennial herb that is not native to California.