Sweet clover

Common Sweet Clover in Ontario (Edibility and Identification)

yellow sweet clover (Melilotus officinalis) profile, photos, videos, county distribution map, and sightings in Minnesota.

As both an herbalist and a gardener, I could tell you many stories of weedy wonders that I have come to love, though many a fellow gardener would call them a nuisance, and fight tooth and nail to eradicate them from their garden corner or manicured lawn or gravel. The ever persistent dandelion, reproducing prolifically and spreading its sunny orb everywhere it goes, or the tenacious purslane that grows in the heat of summer, creating a mat of moist and crunchy edible leaves and stems. But…

Download this stock image: Tall yellow sweetclover or tall melilot, Melilotus altissimus (Melilotus officinalis). Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration from Hermann Adolph Koehler's Medicinal Plants, edited by Gustav Pabst, Koehler, Germany, 1887. - FY3BBK from Alamy's library of millions of high resolution stock photos, illustrations and vectors.

White Blossom Sweet Clover is a short growing biennial used for grazing or haylage. It is shallow rooted and spreads by creeping branches which root at the nodes. It grows best under cool, fertile, moist conditions. White clover is an aggressive creeper.

Scientific Name(s): Melilotus officinalis Abundance: common What: flowers, seeds, leaves How: flowers in tea, seeds raw or roasted then ground into flour, leaves in salads or cooked Where: Neglected areas, fields, yards When: late winter through summer Nutritional Value: starch in the seeds, protein in the leaves Dangers: The leaves contain the potent blood anticoagulant agent coumarin. Do not consume this plant if you're already on blood thinner medication. Leaf Arrangement: The leaves are…

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Sweet Clover herb, Yellow and White Melilot, Blood thinner, tea used for circulation and a sweet smelling aromatic herb