Crimson Clover

(Trifolium incarnatum)

 

   

 

 

Color Drawing: 1787 - 1800. Curtis Botanical Magazine. National Agriculural Library.

Line Drawing: Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States and Canada, Second Edition.

 

Crimson Clover (Trifolium incarnatum L.)

Alien: Native of Europe.

Identification: Flowers crimson red arranged in a elongate or conical flower head. Leaves and flowers branching from a common stem. Leaves divided into 3 leaflets, each leaflet round and blunt. Plant 6 to 30 inches in height.

Distribution: Local in distribution, but found throughout most of North America except for the Rocky Mountain region.

Habitat: Crimson Clover is a commonly planted ornamental that sometimes escapes to fields, roadsides, and empty lots.

Flowering period: May to July.

Similar Species: The elongate, blood-red flowering heads are distinctive.

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