Some Common Plants of Upper Newport Bay

White Sweet-clover  (Melilotus alba)
Plant: Annual, erect, 3 to 6 feet tall.
Flowers: White in racemes 2 to 4 inches long, pea like, about 1/4 inch long.
Leaf: Three oblong linear leaflets on stem with fine toothed edges.  Leaflets are 3/8 to 3/4 inch long.
Flowering period:   May to September
Can be found here: Back Bay Road, Indian Springs
Native Plant: No Halophyte: No
Family Name: Pea
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Date: 9/13/2005