Common name
English: Red Clover
German: Rotklee, Wiesen-Klee
Mandarin: 红车轴草 (hong che zhou cao)
Portuguese: Pé-De-Lebre
English: Red Clover
German: Rotklee, Wiesen-Klee
Mandarin: 红车轴草 (hong che zhou cao)
Portuguese: Pé-De-Lebre
Kingdom: Plantae (2656)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2569)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2165)
Order: Fabales (241)
Family: Fabaceae (241)(family description)
Genus: Trifolium (8)
Epithet: pratense L. (3)
Synonyms: Trifolium borysthenicum Gruner, Trifolium bracteatum Schousboe, Trifolium lenkoranicum (Grossh.) Roskov, Trifolium ukrainicum Opperman
bracteatum => having prominent bracts
pratense => growing in meadows
ukrainicum => from the Ukraine
Climate: temperate
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: herb
Flower colour: purple, violet
Check for Trifolium pratense at
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