Fabaceae
Owl-head clover
Trifolium alpestre
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Trifolium
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Common names
By language (23)
- Belarusian
- Канюшына альпійская
- Bulgarian
- Алпийска детелина
- Czech
- Jetel alpínský
- Danish
- Skov-Kløver
- Dutch
- Alpenklaver
- English
- Owl-head clover
- Estonian
- Alpi ristik
- Finnish
- Ruusuapila
- French
- Trèfle alpestre, Trefle alpestre
- Georgian
- Მაღალმთის სამყურა
- German
- Hügel-Klee, Hügelklee
- hsb
- Lěsny dźećel
- Icelandic
- Fellasmári
- Latvian
- Alpu āboliņš
- Lithuanian
- Alpinis dobilas
- myv
- Альпань вараканьпал, Альпань вараканьпря тикше
- os
- Уæлхохаг æртæсыфон
- Persian
- شبدر کوهسری
- Polish
- Koniczyna dwukłosowa
- Russian
- Клевер альпийский
- Slovenian
- Predalpska detelja
- Swedish
- Alpklöver, Stenklöver
- Ukrainian
- Альпійська конюшина, Конюшина альпійська
Synonyms
- Trifolium alpestre f. bicefala Kožuharov
- Trifolium alpestre f. heterofoliolata Kožuharov
- Trifolium alpestre f. lanigerum (Ser.) Bolzon
- Trifolium alpestre f. monostachyum (Ser.) Cincović
- Trifolium alpestre subf. monostachyum Ser.
- Trifolium alpestre subsp. lanigerum (Ser.) Stoj. & Stef.
- Trifolium alpestre var. alpestre
- Trifolium alpestre var. davidovii Kožuharov
- Trifolium alpestre var. distachyum Ser.
- Trifolium alpestre var. durmitorum Rohlena
- Trifolium alpestre var. glabratum C.Klinggr.
- Trifolium alpestre var. lanigerum Ser.
- Trifolium alpestre var. parvifolium Kožuharov
- Trifolium alpestre var. rubellum Ser.
- Trifolium alpestre var. sericeum Hausskn.
- Trifolium alpestre var. trinervia Kožuharov
- Trifolium alpestre var. villosum Čelak.
- Trifolium alpinum Georgi
- Trifolium incarnatum Stephan
- Trifolium purpureum-majus Gilib.
- Trifolium rubens Desc.
- Triphylloides nervosa Moench
Flowers
- In flower
- May to June (from 303 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Felix Seebauer, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Philip Schaffer, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Дмитрий Дунин, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Irene Saltini, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dezidor, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mirko Ubović, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Marco Iocchi, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Bastien Alegot, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Marco Iocchi, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mirko Ubović, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Marco Iocchi, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, 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.