Trifolium pratense L. subsp. pratense

Spice In the field

Family: LEGUMINOSAE

Genus: Trifolium

Catalan common name: Forratge bord. Herba de la desfeta. Magretes. Trefle. Trèvol de prat. Trèvol roig.

Spanish common name: Hierba de las cataratas. Meriguell. Tefla. Trébol común. Trébol de los prados. Trébol rojo. Trébol violeta.

Province distribution: Alacant. Balearic Islands. Barcelona. Castelló. Girona. Lleida. Tarragona. València.

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Holoartica

IUCN Category: LCLeast concern

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Hemicryptophyte.

Habitats: Cultivated fields, path and road sides, disturbed zones. Non-saline wetlands (intermittent watercourses, streams, artesian wells, ditches). Humid soils.

Characteristics: A perennial plant with ascending stems (up to 110 cm.) and trifoliate leaves with folioles 50 x 30 mm. Multifloral inflorescences of pink flowers with a hairy calyx with ten nerves. The inflorescences are set with an involucres formed by the stipule. The stipules are ovate-lanceolate and membranous with a terminal tail shaped appendix.