Species

Melilotus albus

Etymology

albus: white

Common Name(s)

sweet clover

Family

Fabaceae

Flora Category

Vascular - Exotic

NVS Species Code

MELALB

The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.

Structural Class

Dicotyledonous Herbs other than Composites

Flower Colours

White

Year Naturalised

1872

Origin

Europe, Asia

This page last updated on 18 Jan 2010