Alsike clover Trifolium hybridum

Features

Biennial or perennial.

Species	Perrenial
Living space	Cultivated areas, Field, Meadow
Size	from 20 to 40 cm

Description

Alsike clover is a perennial plant with a semi-erect, sparsely branched, grooved stem, hairy in its upper regions. The leaves are alternate and stalked with small stipules. The leaves have three blunt-tipped ovate, unspotted leaflets with finely toothed margins. The inflorescence has a long stalk and is densely globose. The individual florets have a five-lobed calyx and an irregular corolla consisting of five pink petals, one upstanding "standard", two lateral "wings" and the lower two fused to form a "keel". There are ten stamens and a single carpal. It is widespread throughout the world, from the lowlands to the subalpine belt in various grassland communities.