Flower ID: IMG_6743.JPG-06-08-2021 Flower name (scientific): Trifolium hybridum Linnaeus PY: 1753. Pronunciation guide: (phonetic spelling) try-FOH-lee-um HI-bree-DUM Flower name (common): Alsike Clover Family name (common): Pea Family name (scientific): Fabaceae Scientific name origin: Genus: From the Latin for three-leaved. Specific epithet: Latin for hybrid. Common name origin: Alsike comes from the name of a parish in Sweden, known to Linnaeus as a habitat for this form of clover. Flower description: Size: 0.2 to 0.3 inches (5 to 8 mm) Petal count: 5 Color: white to pink, turning darker pink with age Other: flower arrangement, Cluster-spherical Plant description: Size: 12 to 36 inches (30 to 91 cm) Stem hairy: Other: Leaf description: attachment is alternate, type is compound Size: Leaflets up to 2.5 cm long and up to 8 mm wide. Color: Hairy: Other: Shape: leaf, trifoliate, leaflet oblong or obovate (IL), orbicular to broadly ovate (MP) Origin (native, introduced, invasive): Introduced Status (common, uncommon, threatened, rare): Common Bloom time (typical): May to September Cycle (annual, biennial, perennial): Perennial Habitat: Disturbed areas, roadsides, waste areas, fields, pastures, sun or semi-shade. Fruit: Seed: Importance to wildlife: Similar species (if any): Both Trifolium repens (White Clover) and Trifolium pratens (Red Clover) are similar to Trifolium hybridum. Trifolium hybridum has no chevrons (V-shaped white markings) on the upper surface of its leaflets, whereas Trifolium pratense and Trifolium repens both commonly have chevron markings on the leaflets. Trifolium repens has leaflet margins sharply and finely toothed, Trifolium pratense has leaflet margins that may have minute teeth near the tip, and for Trifolium hybridum leaf venation extends beyond the leaflet margin giving a serrulate or denticulate boundary. Ethnobotany: No recorded uses by tribes from Wisconsin. The Iroquois used the plant to help breasts improve milk flow (Moerman, p. 567, 1998). Latitude: 44.794560 Longitude: -91.495470 Altitude: 261.90 Distribution: In Wisconsin: (Ashland, Bayfield, Brown, Buffalo, Burnett, Calumet, Chippewa, Clark, Columbia, Crawford, Dane, Dodge, Door, Douglas, Dunn, Eau Claire, Florence, Fond du Lac, Forest, Grant, Green, Iowa, Iron, Jackson, Jefferson, Juneau, Kenosha, Lafayette, Langlade, Lincoln, Manitowoc, Marathon, Marinette, Milwaukee, Monroe, Oconto, Oneida, Outagamie, Ozaukee, Pepin, Pierce, Polk, Portage, Price, Racine, Richland, Rock, Rusk, Sauk, Sawyer, Shawano, Sheboygan, St. Croix, Taylor, Trempealeau, Vernon, Vilas, Walworth, Washburn, Washington, Waukesha, Waupaca, Winnebago, Wood) Click here for distribution map In US: (AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY) Click here for distribution map In Canada: (AB, BC, LB, MB, NB, NF, NS, NT, ON, PE, QC, SK, YT) Click here for distribution map References: Synonym(s): Basionym: na Homotypic Synonym(s): Heterotypic Synonym(s): Autonym:Trifolium hybridum subsp. hybridum (The other infraspecifics are Trifolium hybridum subsp. anatolicum (Boissier) M. Hossain, Trifolium hybridum subsp. elegans (Savi) Ascherson & Graebner. Neither of these two subspecies have been recorded from North America.) Wetland Status (NC): FACU Wetland Status (MW): FACU