- Name
- Clover, Alsike Clover
- Common Names
- Trefoil (three-leaf)
- Scientific Name
- Trifolium hybridum
- Family
- Fabaceae (Legume/Pea/Bean Family)
- Description
- A stalked, non-creeping perennial up to ~1 ft tall. Alsike clover is native to much of southern Europe and southwestern Asia, widely cultivated as a forage crop. Now introduced throughout temperate regions worldwide. Its naturalized habitat is fields, meadows, roadsides, banks and waste ground.
- Leaves
- The leaves are alternate and stalked with small stipules. The leaves have three blunt-tipped ovate, unspotted leaflets with finely toothed margins.
- Flowers
- Pale pink or whitish globular flower head.
- Bloom Time
- April to September
- Pollen Source
- good
- Nectar Source
- good
- Pollen Color
- yellow-brown
- Native to NC
- No
