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§1 Plant

Trifolium incarnatum L.

vernacular crimson clover — species · Fabaceae

USDA
TRIN3
GBIF
5359378
Rank
species
crimson clover (Trifolium incarnatum)
Platephotograph · Greg PetersonCC BY-NC-SA source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Duration
Annual
Group
Dicot
Family
Fabaceae Lindl.
Genus
Trifolium
§2a

Native status, by region

  • CAN Canada Introduced
  • HI Hawaii Introduced
  • L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
§2b

County-level range

· 396 counties across 25 states/territories
Legend Native · 0 Introduced · 396 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation specs · USDA

Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.

§3a

Tolerances

Drought
Low
Shade
High
Moisture use
Medium
Fire
None
Salinity
None
Anaerobic
Low
CaCO₃
None
Hedging
None
§3b

Climate & soil

Cold tolerance
-7 °F minimum
Frost-free days
180 min.
Precipitation
32–65 in/yr
pH range
5.5–7.5
Root depth
12 in min.
Fertility need
High
Soil texture
coarse, medium, fine
§3c

Form & growth

Growth form
Single Crown
Growth rate
Rapid
Mature height
1.5 ft
Foliage texture
Fine
Foliage colour
Green
Porosity (summer)
Porous
Porosity (winter)
Porous
Flower colour
Red
Fruit colour
Brown
Fire resistant
No
N fixation
Medium
Toxicity
None
§3d

Reproduction

Bloom period
Early Spring
Seed abundance
High
Seed begins
Spring
Seed ends
Summer
Spread rate
Slow
Stratify
No
Seeds / lb
149,760
Propagation
seed
§3e

Use & availability

Commercial availability
Routinely Available
Nursery stock
No
Browse palatability
High
Graze palatability
High
Palatable, human
No
Protein potential
High
Lumber
No
Christmas tree
No

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 396 counties across 25 states/territories.

Alabama view state ↗ 15 I ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 54 I ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Florida view state ↗ 15 I ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 12 I ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 9 I ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 18 I ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 53 I ▾
Maine view state ↗ 5 I ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 10 I ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 5 I ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 4 I ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 35 I ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 1 I ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 10 I ▾
New York view state ↗ 13 I ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 28 I ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 20 I ▾
Rhode Island view state ↗ 2 I ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 21 I ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 16 I ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 37 I ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 9 I ▾

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/TRIN3 ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/5359378 ↗

Record version

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