2023 Range & Pasture - Weed ID Guide

Biennial & Perennial Weeds

SWEETCLOVER: WHITE OR YELLOW *T* Melilotus officinalis Life Cycle: Biennial Plant Description: Plants are very similar with yellow sweetclover blooming shorter and

earlier. Plants do not bloom in the first year. Second- year plants are between 3 to 5 feet high and are bush like.

Alternate leaves, divided into three finely toothed leaflets; middle leaflet grows on a short stalk. Treatment: Apply 12 to 16 fluid ounces of DuraCor ®

herbicide per acre when weeds are small and actively growing. Increase the rate as the season progresses and plants become more mature.

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