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*Trifolium hybridum Linnaeus. Alsike Clover. Phen: Apr-Nov. Hab: Lawns, fields, roadsides, disturbed areas. Dist: Native of Europe.

Origin/Endemic status: Europe

Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, FNA11.2, G, Il, K1, K3, K4, Mi, NE, NY, Pa, RAB, S, S13, SE3, Tat, Tn, Tx, Va, W, WH3, WV, Isely (1998); > Trifolium hybridum L. ssp. elegans (Savi) Asch. & Graebn. – GrPl; > Trifolium hybridum L. ssp. hybridum – GrPl; > Trifolium hybridum L. var. elegans (Savi) Boiss. – F; > Trifolium hybridum L. var. hybridum – F

Links to other floras: = Trifolium hybridum - 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

NCBG trait

Intro: Erect to weakly erect perennial of lawns, fields, roadsides and other disturbed areas. Native of Europe.

Stems: Stems hollow and soft, somewhat branched, smooth to hairy.

Leaves: Leaves alternate; on petioles with a pair of lance-shaped stipules at the base; palmately divided into 3 oblong-oval leaflets, each about 1/2 in. long, finely toothed and mostly smooth.

Inforescence:

Flowers: Flowers in round, dense heads, about 1/2-3/4 in. wide, on stalks from upper leaf axils; white or pink; bilaterally symmetric and tiny, with typical pea-flower shape.

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Height: 6-22 in.

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description: Erect to weakly erect perennial of lawns, fields, roadsides and other disturbed areas. Native of Europe.

stems: Stems hollow and soft, somewhat branched, smooth to hairy.

leaves: Leaves alternate; on petioles with a pair of lance-shaped stipules at the base; palmately divided into 3 oblong-oval leaflets, each about 1/2 in. long, finely toothed and mostly smooth.

inflorescence:

flowers: Flowers in round, dense heads, about 1/2-3/4 in. wide, on stalks from upper leaf axils; white or pink; bilaterally symmetric and tiny, with typical pea-flower shape.

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