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Floristic Inventory of the Florida Keys Database Online

Melilotus albus Medik.
White sweetclover

Melilotus albus
Copyright by: Shirley Denton

Family: Fabaceae

Group: Dicot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Herb

Perennation: Annual

Native Range: Eurasia; a naturalized weed elsewhere.

Map of South Florida Locations

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Not Native, Naturalized

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Not Cultivated

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FLORIDA KEYS Occurrence: Present

FLORIDA KEYS Native Status: Not Native, Naturalized

Map of Florida Keys Locations

Florida Keys History and Distribution: Not reported for the Florida Keys by John Kunkel Small in 1913. Sparingly naturalized on Key Largo.

Other data on Melilotus albus available from :

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants

Melilotus albus has been reported from the following 3 conservation areas in the FLORIDA KEYS :
Occurrence Native Status
Crocodile Lake National Wildlife Refuge Present Not Native, Naturalized
Dagny Johnson Key Largo Hammocks Botanical State Park Present Not Native, Naturalized
John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park Present Not Native, Naturalized




Melilotus albus has been reported for the following habitat in THE FLORIDA KEYS :
Disturbed Upland


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Melilotus albus
Copyright by: Shirley Denton
Melilotus albus
Copyright by: Keith A. Bradley