Fabaceae
Egyptian clover
Trifolium alexandrinum
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Trifolium
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Common names
By language (25)
- Arabic
- نفل البرسيم, النفل الإسكندراني, برسيم
- arz
- نفل البرسيم
- Bulgarian
- Александрийска детелина
- Chinese
- 埃及三葉草, 埃及车轴草, 亚历山, 大车轴草, 亚历山大车轴草
- Czech
- Jetel egyptský
- Dutch
- Alexandrijnse klaver
- English
- Egyptian clover, Berseem clover
- Finnish
- Egyptinapila
- French
- Trèfle d'Alexandrie, Trefle d'Alexandrie
- German
- Ägyptischer Klee, Alexandriner-Klee
- Hebrew
- תלתן אלכסנדרוני
- Hindi
- बरसीम
- hsb
- Aleksandrinski dźećel
- lah
- برسیم
- Macedonian
- Александриска детелина
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Egyptkløver
- Persian
- برسیم
- Punjabi
- ਬਰਸੀਮ
- Russian
- Клевер александрийский, Берсима, Клевер египетский
- Sindhi
- برسيم
- Swedish
- Alexandrinerklöver
- Tajik
- Берсим
- Turkish
- Mısır üçgülü
- Uzbek
- Bersim, Misr sebargasi
- Welsh
- Meillionen yr Aifft
Synonyms
- Trifolium albiceps Ehrenb. ex Sweet
- Trifolium alexandrinum subsp. serotinum (Zohary & Lerner) P.Silva
- Trifolium alexandrinum var. madarensae Kožuharov
- Trifolium alexandrinum var. serotinum Zohary & Lerner
- Trifolium alexandrium L.
Flowers
- In flower
- February to August, October (from 29 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Patrick Hacker, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Patrick Hacker, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Sam Kieschnick, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Zeynel Cebeci, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Zeynel Cebeci, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: yelena_antipova, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Macleay Grass Man, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kian Hayles-Cotton, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Macleay Grass Man, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Annika Lindqvist, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Macleay Grass Man, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stuart, CC0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.