Flower ID: IMG_0778.JPG-06-18-2017 Flower name (scientific): Trifolium pratense Linnaeus PY: 1753. Pronunciation guide: (phonetic spelling) try-FOH-lee-um pray-TEN-see Flower name (common): Red Clover Family name (common): Pea (Bean, Legume) Family name (scientific): Fabaceae Scientific name origin: Genus: From the Latin for three-leaved. Specific epithet: Of the meadows. Common name origin: From the distinctive color of the flower and for a cultivated fodder crop. Clover has an extended etymology, with numerous spelling variations. Flower description: Size: 0.1 to 0.2 inches (0.3 to 0.5 cm) Petal count: 5 Color: Red to pink. 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 3 cm long and up to 1.5 cm wide. Color: Hairy: Other: Shape: leaf, trifoliate, leaflet, oval-ovate or slightly obovate (IL) Origin (native, introduced, invasive): Introduced Status (common, uncommon, threatened, rare): Common Bloom time (typical): May to September Cycle (annual, biennial, perennial): Biennial to Perennial Habitat: Fields, praires, meadows, disturbed areas, roadsides, waste ground, sun. Fruit: Seed: Importance to wildlife: Similar species (if any): Trifolium hybridum (Alsike Clover) has some resemblance, but this species has no chevrons (V-shaped white markings) on the upper surface of its leaflets, whereas Trifolium pratense does. Ethnobotany: No recorded uses by tribes from Wisconsin. The Algonquin, Cherokee, Iroquois, Rappahannock, Shinnecock, and Thompson used this plant for a number of ailments that included whooping cough, fevers, leukorrhea, blood issues, stomach problems, and others (Moerman, p. 567, 1998). Latitude: Longitude: Altitude: Distribution: In Wisconsin: (Adams, Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Brown, Buffalo, Burnett, Calumet, Chippewa, Clark, Columbia, Crawford, Dane, Dodge, Door, Douglas, Dunn, Eau Claire, Florence, Fond du Lac, Forest, Grant, Green, Green Lake, Iowa, Iron, Jackson, Jefferson, Juneau, Kenosha, Kewaunee, La Crosse, Lafayette, Langlade, Lincoln, Manitowoc, Marathon, Marinette, Marquette, 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, Waushara, Winnebago, Wood) Click here for distribution map In US: In Canada: (AB, BC, LB, MB, NB, NF, NS, NT, ON, PE, QC, SK, YT) References: Synonym(s): Basionym: na Homotypic Synonym(s): Heterotypic Synonym(s): Autonym:Trifolium pratense subsp. pratense (The other infraspecifics are Trifolium pratense subsp. baeticum (Boissier) C. Vicioso, Trifolium pratense subsp. kotulae (Pawłowski) Soják. Neither of these two subspecies are recorded from North America.)