Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Melilotus officinalis (L.) Lam.

Origin: introduced

Scientific Synonyms: Melilotus leucanthe, Melilotus leucantha Koch ex DC., Melilotus officinalis (L.) Pallas, Melilotus officinalis L., Melilotus officinalis Willd., Melilotus vulgaris Eat. & Wright, Trifolium officinalis L., Possibly Melilotus alba Desvar., Possibly Melilotus alba Lam. Possibly Melilotus albus Medik., Possibly Melilotus albus Medik. var. annuus Coe, Possibly Melilotus alba Medik.

Common names:

Balsam-flowers [Balsam-flowers] (1913-1923) (5, 156)

Bokhara clover [Bokara clover] (1894-1929) (5, 45, 68, 82, 129, 156, 157, 158)

Cabul clover (1900-1929) (5, 156, 157, 158)

Hart's clover (1900-1929) (5, 156, 157, 158)

Hart's trefoil (1900-1929) (157, 158)

Heartwort [Heart-wort] (1900-1929) (5, 156, 157, 158)

Honey (1913) (5)

Honey clover [Honey-clover] (1896-1923, Greene Co. MO) (5, 76, 156)

Honey lotus [Honey-lotus] (1876?-1929) (5, 92, 156, 157, 158)

Hubam sweet clover [Hubam sweetclover] (1942) (155)

King's clover [Kings' clover] (1876?-1929) (5, 92, 156, 157, 158)

King's crown [King's-crown] (1900-1929) (5, 156, 157, 158)

Melilot (1882-1919) (6, 14, 48, 92, 107, 156)

Melilot (1892, French) (6)

Mélilot officinal (1900, French) (158)

Melilotenklee (1892-1900, German) (6, 158)

Meliloto (Spanish) (1900) (158)

Melilotus (1917) (57)

Melist (1919) (107)

Mellilot clover (1876) (92)

Plaster clover [Plaster-clover] (1900-1923) (5, 156, 158)

Plater clover (1929) (157)

Steinklee (1892-1900, German) (6, 158)

Sweet clover (1882-1923) (6, 37, 45, 48, 49, 57, 63, 80, 107, 114, 129, 156)

Sweet lucerne (1900-1929) (157, 158)

Sweet melilot (1900-1929) (157, 158)

Sweet yellow clover (1899, SD) (131)

Trebol oloroso (Spanish) (1900) (158)

Tree clover [Tree-clover] (1900-1929) (5, 62, 156, 157, 158)

Wachanga iyechecha (1919, Dakota, similar to sweet grass) (37)

White melilot (1892-1929) (5, 6, 45, 62, 63, 92, 129, 156, 157, 158)

White melilot clover (1840) (19)

White millet (1900-1929, verbal corruption) (5, 157, 158)

White sweet clover [White sweet-clover, White sweetclover] (1897-Present) (3, 4, 5, 50, 62, 68, 72, 80, 82, 85, 93, 95, 97, 106, 109, 122, 124, 125, 131, 138, 145, 155, 156, 157, 158)

Whuttle-grass (1900-1929) (157, 158)

Wild laburnum (1900-1929, England) (157, 158)

Yellow melilot (1892-1929) (5, 6, 45, 49, 53, 129, 156, 157, 158)

Yellow melilot clover (1840-1922) (19, 49, 53, 92)

Yellow millet (1900-1929, verbal corruption) (5, 157, 158)

Yellow sweet clover [Yellow sweet-clover, Yellow sweetclover] (1892-Present) (3, 4, 5, 6, 50, 53, 62, 80, 82, 85, 93, 95, 97, 106, 109, 122, 124, 129, 145, 155, 156, 157, 158)