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Brown clover

Trifolium badium

Brown clover
Photo: Robert Flogaus-Faust, CC BY 4.0

Brown clover (Trifolium badium) is a perennial legume of Europe, the Caucasus and the Middle East, grown locally as forage in sub-alpine pastures. It is a cool-season, low-input plant that suits grazed or meadow settings.

Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water regularly while establishing, then rely on rainfall; it tolerates moist mountain soils well.
Soil
Moderately fertile, well-drained loam or acidic to neutral soil
Temperature
5–20 °C suits it best; tolerates hard winter cold
How easy
Easy
Native range
EC. & S. Europe to Iran
Climate
temperate

About

Trifolium badium, the brown clover or brown trefoil, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to most of mainland Europe, the Caucasus, Turkey, Iraq, and Iran. It is a locally important forage in sub-alpine pastures.

Other Trifolium plants

Owl-head clover · Kura clover · Showy Indian clover · Narrowleaf crimson clover · Golden clover · Southern clover · Foothill clover · Strawberry clover · Clustered clover · Rose clover · Alsike clover · Crimson Clover

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Trifolium badium 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.

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