Rabbit's-foot Clover

(Trifolium arvense)

 

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

 

Rabbit's-foot Clover (Trifolium arvense)

Alien: Native of Europe.

Identification: Flowers gray-pink arranged in a soft and fuzzy, cloverlike head. Seedpods with barbed spines. Leafs with 3 leaflets, each leaflet elongate and narrow. Plant 4 to 16 inches in height.

Distribution: Throughout most of North America.

Habitat: Rabbit's-foot Clover is a species of disturbed habitats such as roadsides, fields, and empty lots.

Flowering period: May to October.

Rabbit's-foot Clover (Trifolium arvense)

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The soft and fuzzy cloverlike gray-pink flower heads are unmistakable.

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