Red Clover

(Trifolium pratense)

Characteristics

Seedling	Leaves	Flowers

Growing habits: Erect or ascending cool-season short lived perennial or biennial herb

Root anatomy: Fibrous roots from taproot and stolons; nitrogen-fixing nodules

Leaf anatomy: Trifoliate, leaflets elliptic to ovate, margins entire with a prominent white V, leaves usually pubescent on both sides but sometimes only on lower surface

Flowers: nearly globose clusters, pink to purple in color

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