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*Trifolium pratense Linnaeus. Red Clover. Phen: Apr-Nov. Hab: Fields, roadsides, disturbed areas. Dist: Native of Europe.

Origin/Endemic status: Europe

Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, Bah, C, FNA11.2, G, GrPl, K1, K3, K4, Mi, 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

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

NCBG trait

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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