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Mountain clover

Trifolium montanum

Also called Mountain carpet clover

Mountain clover
Photo: Ivar Leidus, CC BY-SA 4.0

Mountain clover is a low, perennial clover native to temperate Europe, western Siberia and Iran, grown as a hardy ground cover or in meadow and rock garden plantings. It is hardy and easy, tolerating a range of conditions as long as it gets sun and free-draining soil.

Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water during dry spells until established, then needs little extra water.
Soil
Well-drained, moderately fertile soil; tolerates poor and alkaline soils.
Temperature
Hardy to around -20 °C; tolerates cold winters and mild summers.
How easy
Easy
Safety
Not known to be toxic
Native range
Europe to W. Siberia and Iran
Climate
temperate

About

Trifolium montanum, the mountain clover, is a plant species of the genus Trifolium. It is the county flower of Oslo, Norway.

Other Trifolium plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Trifolium montanum 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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