Common names: plains clover, low hop clover, big hop clover, Mignonette clover

Scientific names: Trifolium campestre (T. procumbens)

Seasons of significant use: winter (for T. campestre-T, dubium complex)

Characteristics: Introduced, naturalized, annual or biennial, cool season forb to 1.5 feet. Stems erect, decumbent, or ascending, usually much branched; leaves alternate, pinnately trifoliolate compound, stipulate; leaflets 3, hairless to sparsely hairy; inflorescence is a subglobose to short-cylindrical head, usually 20-40 flowered, usually 0.2-0.6 inch long; flowers usually yellowish, standard strongly striate. Flowers May-September.

Plant community type: Open areas. Frequently occurs along roadsides, in lawns, etc.

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