White Melilot - Melilotus albus

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Description

Medium to tall plant with erect stems and sharply toothed trifoliate leaves. Flowers white, 4 to 5 mm in many flowered racemes, the standard petal longer than the wings and keel.

Identification difficulty
Habitat

Open land, arable fields, roadside verges and waste places.

When to see it

July to September.

Life History

Spring germinating annual.

UK Status

Fairly common in Central and southern England and Wales scarcer further north.

VC55 Status

Occasional in Leicestershire and Rutland. In the 1979 Flora survey of Leicestershire it was found in 22 of the 617 tetrads.

  • Graham Calow
    Sapcote
    16 July 2007
  • Graham Calow
    Ullesthorpe Stewardship Farm
    31 August 2012
  • Graham Calow
    Sapcote, Land behind William Spencer Avenue
    22 July 2020
  • David Nicholls
    Ullesthorpe Stewardship Farm
    02 September 2011

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Species profile

Common names
White Melilot
Species group:
Wildflowers
Kingdom:
Plantae
Order:
Fabales
Family:
Fabaceae
Records on NatureSpot:
22
First record:
11/07/2007 (Calow, Graham)
Last record:
26/07/2022 (Calow, Graham)

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  • HAPeacock
    Cossington NR
    02 August 2012
  • AJ Cann
    Cossington Meadows
    02 August 2015
  • David Nicholls
    Ashby Canal, Shackerstone
    15 September 2012
  • HAPeacock
    Cossington NR
    02 August 2012
  • Graham Calow
    Sapcote, Land behind William Spencer Avenue
    22 July 2020
  • Graham Calow
    Ullesthorpe
    15 July 2011
  • Graham Calow
    Sapcote
    11 July 2007
  • David Nicholls
    Cossington
    11 October 2011
  • David Nicholls
    Cossington
    11 October 2011
  • HAPeacock
    Cossington NR
    02 August 2012
  • David Nicholls
    Ashby Canal, Shackerstone
    15 September 2012
  • David Nicholls
    Ashby Canal, Shackerstone
    15 September 2012
  • steven lewis
    Langar airfield
    07 August 2020
  • martindgrimes
    Pickworth FP to south
    05 October 2019
  • Graham Calow
    Sapcote, Land behind William Spencer Avenue
    22 July 2020