Red Clover - Trifolium pratense
Red Clover - Trifolium pratense - is an introduced member of the pea family that grows to between 12-24 inches tall. Each leaflet usually has a prominent pale, white, or light green "V" or chevron (though as seen here is not always present) and flowers are one inch across, have round heads, and are pink. Native to Europe, this species can be found in fields, roadsides, lawns, and waste places and throughout most of temperature North America. Also called Cowgrass, Honeysuckle Clover, Suckles, and Sugar Plums, with some of these names referring to the plant's sweet nectar. The flowers, leaves, and young stems are all edible and the dried leaves have been used to make a tea for whooping cough, bronchitis, and other lung ailments. Horn, Cathcart, Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians. missouriplants.com/Pinkalt/Trifolium_pratense_page.html www.illinoiswildflowers.info/weeds/plants/red_clover.htm
Red Clover - Trifolium pratense
Red Clover - Trifolium pratense - is an introduced member of the pea family that grows to between 12-24 inches tall. Each leaflet usually has a prominent pale, white, or light green "V" or chevron (though as seen here is not always present) and flowers are one inch across, have round heads, and are pink. Native to Europe, this species can be found in fields, roadsides, lawns, and waste places and throughout most of temperature North America. Also called Cowgrass, Honeysuckle Clover, Suckles, and Sugar Plums, with some of these names referring to the plant's sweet nectar. The flowers, leaves, and young stems are all edible and the dried leaves have been used to make a tea for whooping cough, bronchitis, and other lung ailments. Horn, Cathcart, Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians. missouriplants.com/Pinkalt/Trifolium_pratense_page.html www.illinoiswildflowers.info/weeds/plants/red_clover.htm