*Trifolium pratense Linnaeus. Common name: Red Clover. Phenology: Apr-Nov. Habitat: Fields, roadsides, disturbed areas. Distribution: Native of Europe.
Origin/Endemic status: Europe
Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, Bah, C, Can, FNA11.2, G, GrPl, K4, Mi, Mo3, NcTx, NE, NY, Pa, RAB, S, S13, SE3, Tat, Tn, Tx, Va, W, WH3, WV, Isely (1998); > Trifolium pratense L. var. americanum Harz; > Trifolium pratense L. var. pratense — F, Il; > Trifolium pratense L. var. sativum (Mill.) Schreb. — F, Il. Basionym: Trifolium pratense L. 1753
Links to other floras: = Trifolium pratense - FNA11.2
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACU
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACU
- Great Plains: FACU
- Midwest: FACU
- Northcentral & Northeast: FACU
Heliophily ⓘ: 8
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Horticultural Information
Intro: Erect to sprawling perennial of fields, roadsides and other disturbed areas. Native of Europe.
Stems: Stems sparsely branched, hairy.
Leaves: Leaves alternate, on petioles with a pair of large stipules at the base, palmately divided into 3 oval to oblong-oval leaflets with hairy margins and a white or light green chevron mark on the upper surface.
Inforescence:
Flowers: Flowers in sessile, rounded to ovoid terminal heads, about 1 in. wide; pink to purplish-pink (lighter or white toward base of the head); sessile; bilaterally symmetric; tubular- and pea-shaped, with 5 narrow corolla lobes.
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Height: 6-22 in.
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description: Erect to sprawling perennial of fields, roadsides and other disturbed areas. Native of Europe.
stems: Stems sparsely branched, hairy.
leaves: Leaves alternate, on petioles with a pair of large stipules at the base, palmately divided into 3 oval to oblong-oval leaflets with hairy margins and a white or light green chevron mark on the upper surface.
inflorescence:
flowers: Flowers in sessile, rounded to ovoid terminal heads, about 1 in. wide; pink to purplish-pink (lighter or white toward base of the head); sessile; bilaterally symmetric; tubular- and pea-shaped, with 5 narrow corolla lobes.
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native range: Europe
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