| Taxon | Melilotus albus |
| group | Eudicots |
| Family | Fabaceae |
| Family common name(s) | legume; legumes; leguminosae; pea; bean; clover; pulse; pulses |
| Genus common name(s) | melilotus; melilot; mellilot clover; meliloto; sweetclover; sweet-clover; sweet clover; honey-clover; honey clover; honeyclover; honey-lotus; honey lotus; honeylotus; sweet lucerne |
| Species common name(s) | white melilot; white mellilot clover; white sweetclover; white sweet-clover; white sweet clover; white honey-lotus; white honey lotus; white-flowered sweet clover; white melilot clover; white bee-clover; white bee clover; Hubam sweetclover; Hubam sweet-clover; Hubam sweet clover; Hubam clover; Bukhara clover; galy-gumber clover; galy gumber clover |
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| Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | common melilot, Bokhara clover, Bokhara-clover, Bokara clover, Cabul clover are applied to multiple Melilotus taxa; tree clover is applied to multiple Fabaceae taxa; sour clover, sour-clover are applied to taxa in multiple families |
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| Notes | although not native, sometimes called Californian lucerne |
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