OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fabales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Trifolium hybridum   FAMILY Fabaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Trifolium hybridum   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Trifolium hybridum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)

Trifolium hybridum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-14-009:

Trifolium hybridum   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Trifolium hybridum

 

COMMON NAME:
Alsike Clover


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image of Trifolium hybridum, Alsike Clover

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_trhy_001_lvd

        

image of Trifolium hybridum, Alsike Clover

Roxanna Martin    rlm51210_117

May    Spartanburg County    SC

Petals white to somewhat flushed with rose, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Trifolium hybridum, Alsike Clover

Roxanna Martin    rlm51210_120

May    Spartanburg County    SC

Stems are ascending and bear both flowers and leaves, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).


click here to see other plants that look similar to this COMPARE leaves that are trifoliolate and palmately compound

image of Trifolium hybridum, Alsike Clover

Roxanna Martin    rlm53010_186

May    Spartanburg County    SC

Similar to T. repens but flower heads have leafy stalks, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Trifolium hybridum   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Trifolium hybridum   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Trifolium hybridum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Trifolium hybridum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-14-009:
Trifolium hybridum   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Trifolium hybridum

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2516

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Lawns, fields, roadsides, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Europe

Common (rare in GA Piedmont & GA Coastal Plain)

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Invasive?

This plant may be causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:

 

LEAVES:
Palmately compound: 3 leaflets
Mostly alternate
Stipules conspicuous, persistent, & adnate to the petiole

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
White/Rose
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-parted papilionaceous corolla
Superior ovary

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Legume

 

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