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Rough Clover

Trifolium scabrum

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist. — (c) mircogruppi, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.

United States	5,090
Alaska	5,080
France	301
Spain	277
Italy	116
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur	98
Comunidad de Madrid	92
Portugal	91
Occitanie	91
Ukraine	76

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

Crop wild relativeListed as a crop wild relative or crop gene source by a harvested source.Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species
Forb or herb growth formListed by a harvested source as having a forb or herbaceous growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
Annual plantListed by a harvested source as having an annual life duration.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
Nitrogen fixingDescends from a plant lineage commonly associated with nitrogen-fixing symbioses.Inferred from its group

Classification

Kingdom	Plants · Plantae
Phylum	Vascular Plants · Tracheophyta
Class	Dicots · Magnoliopsida
Order	Legumes, Milkworts, and Allies · Fabales
Family	Legumes · Fabaceae
Genus	clovers · Trifolium

Sources

Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
Traits: Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species (CC BY 4.0)
Traits: USDA PLANTS Characteristics (U.S. Government work / public domain)
How much to rely on each source

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Practise Rough Clover with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

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