Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Melilotus albus, with what every source says about it. When sources disagree, the strongest source is shown (how sources are ranked). Values imported before sources were recorded one by one are marked Source not recorded.

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Sourced10 Differs from sources4 Source not recorded16 Not on the record6 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	Medik.	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Bibliography	Vorles. Churpfälz. Phys.-Ökon. Ges. 2: 382 (1787)	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phylum	Tracheophyta	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Rank	species	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Status	accepted	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Year	1787	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name	White sweet-clover	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	Europe to China, N. Africa to Myanmar, Ethiopia to S. Africa	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	109 cm	108.7 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 34 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 71, 116, 164, 174, 178, 251, 421, 500, 706, 866, 882, 884, 918, 925, 926	Differs from sources
Biological type	hemicryptophyte	hemicryptophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 242 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 71, 164, 174, 175, 178, 500, 918, 925	Sourced
Flower color	white	white · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 882	Sourced
Flower conspicuous	true	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Foliage texture	coarse	medium · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 71	Differs from sources
Fruit color	brown, grey	brown, grey · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 882	Sourced
Fruit conspicuous	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Fruit shape	legume	legume · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 882	Sourced
Growth form	Single Crown	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Growth rate	Rapid	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Maximum height	150 cm	150 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 71, 116, 164, 174, 178, 251, 421, 500, 706, 866, 882, 884, 918, 925, 926	Sourced
Sexuality	empty	hermaphrodite · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4	Not on the record
Vegetable	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phenology
Bloom months	jun, jul, aug, sep	feb, jun · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 5 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 174	Differs from sources
Duration	annual, biennial, perennial	annual, biennial, perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 244 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 71, 110, 164, 178, 443, 879, 882, 918, 925	Sourced
Ecology
Atmospheric humidity	4 / 9 · moderately dry air	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Ground humidity	4 / 12 · moderately dry (meso-xerophilous)	4 / 12 · moderately dry (meso-xerophilous) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 489	Sourced
Light	9 / 9 · full sun	9 / 9 · full sun · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178	Sourced
Nitrogen fixation	High	High · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 7 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 71, 444, 445	Sourced
Ph maximum	pH 8	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Ph minimum	pH 6.5	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Soil nutriments	5 / 9 · intermediate (mesotrophic)	4 / 9 · rather poor (meso-oligotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178	Differs from sources
Soil salinity	0 / 9 · absent from saline soils	0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 174, 178, 242	Sourced
Cultivation
Minimum root depth	empty	71 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 898	Not on the record
Usda legacy
C n ratio	empty	9.1 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 228, 412	Not on the record
Other
Shade tolerance	—	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 10 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 174	Not on the record
Soil ph indicator	—	7 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178	Not on the record
Temperature indicator	—	6 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 242	Not on the record

Melilotus albus Medik., 1787 52% complete

White sweet-clover

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