Red Clover

Trifolium pratense
Fabaceae

Growth Habit

Herbaceous

Description

Short-lived perennial to 2' in height; leaflets ovate to obovate, to 2 1/2" long, often hairy and with whiteblotch, stipules broad at base, awned apically; flowers rose-purple or rarely white in dense globose heads 1" long; calyx hairy outside.

Source of plant

Richters, Jardin de la Station Alpine Du Lautaret

USDA Hardiness Zone

6

Special characteristics

other ethnobotanical uses, medicinal/pharmaceutical