Fabaceae

White melilot

Melilotus albus Medik.

Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Melilotus

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White melilot (Melilotus albus) — FlowerPhoto: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (41)

Arabic: حندقوق أبيض, عترة, عطرة
Armenian: Սպիտակ իշառվույտ
arz: حندقوق ابيض
Basque: Itsabalki zuri
Belarusian: Баркун белы
Catalan: Melilot blanc
Chinese: 白花草木樨, 猫毛草, 白甜车轴草, 白花草木犀, 白花辟汗草, 白香草木犀, 白香草木蓿
Croatian: Bijeli nokotac
csb: Biôłi miodownik
Czech: Komonice bílá
Danish: Hvid Stenkløver
Dutch: Witte honingklaver
English: White melilot, White sweet-clover, White sweet clover
Estonian: Valge mesikas
Finnish: Valkomesikkä
French: Mélilot blanc, Melilot blanc
German: Weisser Steinklee, Weißer Steinklee, Bokharaklee, Weisser Honigklee, Weißer Honigklee
hsb: Běły komonc
Hungarian: Fehér somkóró, Fehérvirágú somkóró
Icelandic: Mjallarsteinsmári
Irish: Crúibín cait bán
lah: سینجی
Latvian: Baltais amoliņš
Lithuanian: Baltažiedis barkūnas
Macedonian: Бела комоника
Mongolian: Цагаан хошоон
myv: Ашо цивця, Melilótus, Ашо медев тикше, Ашо цивиця
Norwegian Bokmål: Hvitsteinkløver
nv: Tłʼoh waaʼítsoh
Persian: ملیلتوس آلبوس
Polish: Nostrzyk biały
Romanian: Sulfină albă
Russian: Донник белый, Донник мужской
Slovak: Komonica biela
Slovenian: Bela medena detelja
Spanish: Trébol de olor blanco, Alfa rusa, K'ita alfa, Meliloto, Meliloto blanco, Trebillo, Trébol de bokhara
Swedish: Vit sötväppling
Turkish: Beyaz çiçekli taş yoncası
Urdu: سینجی
Welsh: Yr wydro wen
xal: Цаһан ирагур

Synonyms

Medicago alba E.H.L.Krause
Melilotus alba Medik.
Melilotus albus f. albus
Melilotus albus f. proliferus Dore
Melilotus albus var. annua Coe
Melilotus albus var. argutus (Rchb.) Rouy
Melilotus albus var. macrocarpus Rupr.
Melilotus angulatus Trautv.
Melilotus arboreus Castagne ex Ser.
Melilotus argutus Rchb.
Melilotus giganteus Trautv.
Melilotus kotschyi O.E.Schulz
Melilotus leucanthus W.D.J.Koch ex DC.
Melilotus melanospermus Besser ex Ser.
Melilotus officinalis subsp. albus (Medik.) H.Ohashi & Tateishi
Melilotus officinalis var. albus Mérat
Melilotus officinalis var. vulgaris (Willd.) Wahlenb.
Melilotus rugulosus Trautv.
Melilotus strictus Trautv.
Melilotus tenellus Wallr.
Melilotus urbani O.E.Schulz
Melilotus vulgaris Willd.
Melilotus vulgaris var. gigantea Gaudin
Melilotus vulgaris var. minor Gaudin
Sertula alba (Medik.) Kuntze
Trifolium album (Medik.) Loisel.
Trifolium melilotus Georgi
Trifolium vulgare Gueldenst. ex Ledeb.
Trigonella alba (Medik.) Coulot & Rabaute

Flowers

In flower: June to September (from 8,043 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

FlowerPhoto: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Gabriel Mayrhofer, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Wendy McCrady, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Sascha Nunheim, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Photo: Noland Martin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Photo: Peter Gabler, CC0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.