Common Name:
alsike
clover
Scientific Name:
Trifolium hybridum
Family Name:
Fabaceae (Leguminosae)
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Pea or Bean Family
Life Cycle
introduced perennial, reproducing by seed
Stems
ascending to upright, multiple for base, smooth or nearly so, round, not rooting at stem nodes
Leaves
alternate, compound trifoliate, leaflets ovate to obovate, 3 leaflets from same point, long petioles, smooth without hairs and finely toothed, no chevrons (white markings) present, pair of broadly lanceolate membranous stipules
Flowers
5-petaled, tubular pea-like, white becoming pink or rose with age; terminal and axillary (mostly) heads, spherical, long stalked
