Melilotus albus

Family	Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily	Faboideae
Tribe	Trifolieae
Scientific name	Melilotus albus Medikus
Synonyms	Medicago alba (Medikus) Krause; Melilotus alba Desrousseaux; Melilotus alba Desrousseaux var. annua H. S. Coe; Melilotus alba Medikus, non Desrousseaux; Melilotus albus Medikus var. annuus H. S. Coe; Melilotus argutus Reichenbach; Melilotus leucanthus Koch ex de Candolle; Melilotus melanospermus Besser ex Seringe; Melilotus officinalis (L.) Lamarck subsp. albus (Medikus) H. Ohashi & Tateishi; Melilotus officinalis (L.) Lamarck var. alba Nuttall; Melilotus rugulosus Willdenow; Melilotus vulgaris (Hayne) Willdenow; Sertula alba (Medikus) Kuntze; Trifolium album (Medikus) Loiseleur-Deslongchamps; Trifolium vulgare Hayne
Common name	(Japanese common name) shirobana-shinagawa hagi (シロバナシナガワハギ, 白花品川萩 [meaning: white flower Shinagawa bush clover (Shinagawa = Shinagawa area in Tokyo)]), kogome hagi (コゴメハギ, 小米萩 [meaning: tyny rice bush clover])
	(English common name) Bokhara-clover, honey-clover, white melilot, white sweet clover
Distribution	(Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu
	(Other nations) [native] Russia, China, Myanmar, Bhutan, India, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Caucasus, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey, Cyprus, Europe, Egypt, Libya
Habitat	Roadside
Chromosomal number	2n=16, 24, 36
Description	Plants 30-150cm tall. Flowers white, inflorescences 3-10cm long, flowering in July to November. Annual or winter annual plants.
Reference	Melilotus albus Medik.
	Melilotus albus Medik.
	Sweetclovers
	Tobacco rattle virus vectors and related compositions and methods (US Patent 7229829/2007)
	Virus induced gene silencing in plants (US Patent 7012172/2006)
	Process for the manufacture of pasty or bakery products. (European Patent EP0037454/1981)
Note	Naturalized plants (first recorded in 1845).

August 2006 at mountane roadside	August 2006 at mountane roadside	August 2006 at mountane roadside