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Brown moor clover

Trifolium spadiceum

Also called Large brown clover

Brown moor clover
Photo: Ivar Leidus, CC BY-SA 4.0

Brown moor clover is an annual or biennial wild clover from Europe to western Siberia and Iran, usually found in damp meadows and moorland. It is a wildflower rather than a garden plant, so care notes are general and it is not commonly grown.

Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Annual
Light
Full sun
Water
Keep soil moist during the growing season; it favours damp conditions.
Soil
Moist, fairly acidic to neutral soil such as moor or meadow ground.
Temperature
Hardy in temperate climates; tolerates cold winters.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Europe to W. Siberia and Iran
Climate
temperate

About

Trifolium spadiceum is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Fabaceae.

Its native range is Europe to Western Siberia and Iran.

Other Trifolium plants

Rancheria clover · Egyptian clover · Owl-head clover · Alpine clover · Kura clover · Showy Indian clover · Fiveleaf clover · Intermountain clover · Narrowleaf crimson clover · Hare's-foot Clover · Golden clover · Brown clover

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Trifolium spadiceum 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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