Trifolium dubium (Lesser trefoil, Suckling clover)

Trifolium dubium (Lesser trefoil, Suckling clover)

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Eudicotyledons > Core Eudicots > Rosids > Eurosid I > Fabales > Family: Fabaceae > Subfamily: Papilionoideae > Genus: Trifolium



Trifolium dubium, main road north of Troutbeck, near Cheshire Cottage, Zimbabwe. [photos Bart Wursten ©, Flora of Zimbabwe]

Trifolium dubium (Lesser trefoil) along roadside, Kleinmond, Western Cape. [photo H. Robertson, Iziko ©]

Native from Europe to the Caucasus, naturalised in southern Africa. Found in disturbed habitats such as along roadsides and field borders.