Crimson Clover

(Trifolium incarnatum)

Characteristics

Seedling	Leaves	Flowers	Fruit

Growing habits: Ascending or erect (winter) annual herb

Root anatomy: Fibrous roots from taproot

Leaf anatomy: Alternately arranged, palmately trifoliate, leaflets usually one to two times as long as broad, broadly ovate, toothed near apex

Reproduction: Flowers very numerous on head, spikelike, upper petal much longer than wing or keel, scarlet to red in color

_{References: Weeds of the South by Charles T. Bryson and Michael S. DeFelice}