Common Name: Crimson Clover, Italian Clover
Scientific Name: Trifolium incarnatum
Family Name: Fabaceae
Mills River, North Carolina
May 29, 2002
An imported forage plant that often escapes, this has large, dense heads of crimson flowers, ovoid at first, ultimately cylindrical, and up to three inches long. Its leaflets are broadly obovate. [Smith, Richard M., Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains. The University of Tennessee Press, Knoxville, 1998]
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Alphabetical Listings -- A B C D, E F G H I, J, K L M N, O P Q, R S T U, V W X, Y, Z
Family Listings -- A B C D, E F G H I, J, K L M N, O P Q, R S T U, V W X, Y, Z
Genus Listings -- A B C D, E F G H I, J, K L M N, O P Q, R S T U, V W X, Y, Z