|
Photographer: Stephen L. Solheim
|
Family Fabaceae
Trifolium hybridum L.
alsike clover
Trifolium: from tres for three; folium for leaves
hybridum: hybrid
Hazardous 
|
|
| Status: | Introduced - naturalized |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 1'-3' tall forb; not rooting from the stems |
| Flower: | white when young then turning pink with age, 5-parted, 1/4"-1/3" long, distinctly stalked, calyx 2-lipped; inflorescence of many round, long-stalked, head-like clusters; blooms May-Sept. |
| Leaf: | 3-parted into oval leaflets, stalked |
| Habitat: | disturbed sites |
| (Glossary) |
|
