| Scientific Name | Melilotus albus | ||||||||||||
| Family Name | Bean ( Fabaceae ) | ||||||||||||
| Pea - like flower (5 petals)
Upright 1-8 ft, stem solitary, open and bushy-branched. Flower: 1/8 to 1/4 in. long, 5 white petals. Numerous flowers on slender, spikelike racemes 4-6 in. long from leaf axils. Leaves: Alternate, stalked with blade divided into three narrow leaflets, each leaflet 1/2 to 1 in. long. Margins finely toothed. | |||||||||||||
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Reference: Geyata Ajilvsgi Wildflowers of Texas p. 71 | |||||||||||||
March - October
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