Crimson Clover

(Trifolium incarnatum)

Crimson clover

Characteristics
Seedling Leaves Flowers Fruit
Crimson clover seedling crimson clover leaves crimson clover flower Crimson clover fruit

Growing habits: Ascending or erect (winter) annual herb

Root anatomy: Fibrous roots from taproot

Leaf anatomy: Alternately arranged, palmately trifoliate, leaflets usually one to two times as long as broad, broadly ovate, toothed near apex

Reproduction: Flowers very numerous on head, spikelike, upper petal much longer than wing or keel, scarlet to red in color

References: Weeds of the South by Charles T. Bryson and Michael S. DeFelice