*Trifolium arvense

Family Fabaceae

Haresfoot Clover

Erect or ascending hairy herb, with branches to 40 cm long, leaves 3-foliate. Longevity less than 1 year.

Flowers: White or pink, October – June.

Fruit: Pod 1 – 1.5 mm long.

Seed: One seed per fruit. No specialized dispersal mechanism. Soil stored seedbank.

Gallery images: seed, seedling, rootstock, resprout

Ecology

  • Native to Europe, Mediterranean, and North Africa
  • Weed of roadsides, pastures and wasteland
  • Minor weed along roadsides at the Australian Botanic Garden

Asterisk * indicates exotic species naturalised at the Australian Botanic Garden.

Ecology of Cumberland Plain Woodland

Trifolium arvense plant

Trifolium arvense flower 

Trifolium arvensis fruit