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A new kind of Sweet Clover, an annual variety of M. alba, has been discovered in the United States. To distinguish it from the other Sweet Clovers, it is called Hubam, after Professor Hughes, its discoverer, and Alabama, its native state.
Synonym: Melilotus albus. Melilotus officinalis. (White Sweet Clover)
Fabaceae (Pea Family)
Semi-desert, foothills, montane. Roadsides, fields, disturbed areas. Spring, summer.
Near Yellowjacket Canyon, August 1, 2005.
Small-Flowered Sweet Clover [English]: Melilotus indicus
Small-Flowered Trillium [English]: Trillium parviflorum
Small-Flowered White Morning Glory [English]: Ipomoea lacunosa
Small-Flowered Wood Rush [English]: Luzula parviflora ...
white sweet clover; yellow sweet clover Melilotus officinalis
white willow Salix alba
whitehead spikesedge Kyllinga nemoralis
whitestar Ipomoea lacunosa
whitetop Cardaria draba
wild chervil Anthriscus sylvestris
wild mustard Brassica rapa ...
PREVENTION: Toxicity can be prevented by properly curing sweet clover hay, especially by allowing the stems to dry before baling. Extra caution must be taken with second year growth, since it contains a higher concentration of toxin.
If you compare clovers to other members of the Pea family then you will see that they share more in common with alfalfa and sweet clover than with other plants like beans or caragana bushes.
Purple clover, aka red clover or sweet clover (Trifolium pratense frequently mispelled T. pretense), goes by many other common names, including: Trefoil, Beebread, Cow-grass, Peavine Clover, Meadow Clover, Wild Clover, Broadleafed Clover, ...
Meliolotus spp, Sweet Clovers
Mentha arvensis, Field Mint
Mertensia paniculata, Tall Lungwort
Mitella nuda, Naked Mitrewort
Moneses uniflora, One Flowered Pyrola
Monotropa uniflora, Indian Pipe
Oenothera spp, Evening Primroses ...
Is browsed by white-tailed deer and sometimes eaten by livestock. Can cause sweet clover poisoning in cattle. Introduced into the U.S. from Europe and Asia. A significant pollen producer for honey bees.
cleaver grass, cow clover, cow grass, cowgrass, mammoth red clover, marl grass, meadow clover, meadow honeysuckle, meadow trefoil, medium red clover, peavine clover, purple clover, red clover, sweet clover, trefoil, wild clover
Family ...
For this he depends on dairies, hog farms and the poultry plants of others. The supply is limited, so to maintain the organics in his land, he works into it as much rye, sweet clover, sod and other vegetation as his program will economically allow.
Other closely related genera often called clovers include Melilotus (sweet clover) and Medicago (alfalfa or 'calvary clover'). The "shamrock" of popular iconography is sometimes considered to be young clover.
Sweet clover (Melilotus species)
Sweet elder, European elder (Sambucus canadensis, Sambucus nigra, Sambucus racemosa)
Sweet flag, sweet-scented rush (Acorus calamus, Acorus americanus)
Sweet gum, sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua) ...
 See also: Clover, Medic, Clove, Trefoil, May
  
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