Trifolium pratense
red clover
Family
Fabaceae
Leaf Arrangement
alternate
Leaf Attachment
petiolate
Leaf Type
trifoliolate
Leaf Shape
palmate lobed
Growth Form
forb
Flower Color
pink, purple, red
Flower Month
April - September
Height (meters)
0.2 - 1.0
Milky Sap
No
Armed/Unarmed
Unarmed
Origin
introduced
Lifespan
biennial, perennial
Growing Season
Cool season
Wetland Class
FACU
Prairie Coefficient of Conservatism
-1
Animal Use
The following information is for the genus Trifolium: Animals that eat its foliage, seeds: Pectoral sandpiper, Greater prairie chicken, Chestnut-bellied scaled quail, Wild turkey, Pocket gopher, Meadow mouse, Pine mouse. Animals that eat its seeds: Horned lark, Pipit, Animals that eat the plant: Beaver, Muskrat, Cottontail rabbit, Mearns cottontail rabbit, Raccoon, Eastern skunk, White-tailed deer (Martin et al. 1951). Is relished by all classes of livestock.
Habitat
Fields, roadsides, pastures, waste places.