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Trifolium alpestre
Also called Purple Globe Clover
Owl-head clover is a perennial wildflower in the pea family, native from central and southern Europe to the Caucasus, Turkey and Iran, grown for its purple globe-shaped flower heads. It spreads both by seed and by runners, so give it well-drained soil and room to spread.
Trifolium alpestre, the owl-head clover or purple-globe clover, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to central, southern and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, Turkey, and Iran. It reproduces both clonally and by seed.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Trifolium alpestre by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
