Fabaceae
Hare's-foot clover
Trifolium arvense
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Trifolium
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Common names
By language (41)
- Arabic
- نفل بري, ارني, رجل الأرنب
- Armenian
- Երեքնուկ դաշտային
- arz
- نفل برى
- Azerbaijani
- Tarla yoncası
- Belarusian
- Канюшына раллявая
- Bulgarian
- Плевелна детелина
- Catalan
- Peu de llebre
- Chinese
- 兔足三叶草
- csb
- Szaré pùjczi
- Czech
- Jetel rolní, Jetel kočičí
- Danish
- Hare-Kløver
- Dutch
- Hazenpootje
- English
- Hare's-foot clover, Rabbitfoot clover, Haire-foot trefoil, Haresfoot clover, Oldfield clover, Rabbit-foot clover, Stone clover
- Estonian
- Kassiristik
- Finnish
- Jänönapila
- French
- Trèfle Pied-de-lièvre, Pied-de-lièvre
- German
- Hasen-Klee, Hasenklee, Katzenklee, Mäuseklee
- grc
- Λαγώπουν
- Hebrew
- תלתן השדה
- hsb
- Zaječi dźećel
- Hungarian
- Tarlóhere
- Icelandic
- Hérasmári
- Irish
- Cos mhaideach
- kw
- Mellyon blewek
- Latvian
- Tīruma āboliņš
- Lithuanian
- Dirvinis dobilas
- Macedonian
- Нивска детелина
- myv
- Соказь модань вараканьпал, Соказь модань вараканьпря тикше
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Harekløver
- Persian
- شبدر خودروی
- Polish
- Koniczyna polna
- Russian
- Клевер пашенный
- Serbian
- Пољска детелина
- Slovak
- Ďatelina roľná
- Slovenian
- Njivska detelja
- Spanish
- Pie de liebre
- Swedish
- Harklöver
- Turkish
- Tavşanayağı
- Ukrainian
- Конюшина польова
- Vietnamese
- Cỏ ba lá chân thỏ
- Welsh
- Meillionen gedennog
Synonyms
- Trifolium agrestinum Jord. ex Boreau
- Trifolium agrestinum subsp. lagopinum (Jord.) P.Fourn.
- Trifolium agrestinum subsp. littorale (Jord. ex Boreau) P.Fourn.
- Trifolium arenivagum Jord. ex Boreau
- Trifolium arvense f. komlodiae Soó
- Trifolium arvense f. pulchellum (Lange) C.Vicioso
- Trifolium arvense prol. agrestinum (Boreau) Rouy
- Trifolium arvense prol. brittingeri (Weitenweb. ex Opiz) Rouy
- Trifolium arvense prol. gracile (Thuill.) Rouy
- Trifolium arvense prol. longisetosum (Boiss. & Balansa) Rouy
- Trifolium arvense subsp. agrestinum (Jord. ex Boreau) Rouy
- Trifolium arvense subsp. agrestinum (Jord. ex Boreau) Berher
- Trifolium arvense subsp. brittingeri (Weitenweb. ex Opiz) Rouy
- Trifolium arvense subsp. gracile (Thuill.) Teles
- Trifolium arvense subsp. gracile (Thuill.) Nyman
- Trifolium arvense subsp. longisetosum (Boiss. & Balansa) Braun-Blanq.
- Trifolium arvense subsp. longisetum (Boiss. & Balansa) Rouy
- Trifolium arvense subsp. preslianum (Boiss.) Gibelli & Belli
- Trifolium arvense var. aetnense Guss.
- Trifolium arvense var. agrestinum (Jord. ex Boreau) Corb.
- Trifolium arvense var. alopecuroides Rouy
- Trifolium arvense var. angustifolium Lej.
- Trifolium arvense var. arenivagum (Jord. ex Boreau) Corb.
- Trifolium arvense var. arvense
- Trifolium arvense var. australe Ten.
- Trifolium arvense var. ballii Murb.
- Trifolium arvense var. brachyodon Čelak.
- Trifolium arvense var. capitatum Ser.
- Trifolium arvense var. crassicaule Ser.
- Trifolium arvense var. cyrenaicum Pamp.
- Trifolium arvense var. exiguum Gaudin
- Trifolium arvense var. glabrum Vis.
- Trifolium arvense var. gracile (Thuill.) DC.
- Trifolium arvense var. lagopinum (Jord.) Pit. & Proust
- Trifolium arvense var. latifolium Lej.
- Trifolium arvense var. latifolium Panţu
- Trifolium arvense var. littorale (Jord. ex Boreau) Rouy
- Trifolium arvense var. longisetum (Boiss. & Balansa) Boiss.
- Trifolium arvense var. maritimum Rouy
- Trifolium arvense var. nanum Gray
and 27 more.
Flowers
- In flower
- May to August (from 2,775 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, St. Pierre and Miquelon: introduced, St. Pierre and Miquelon: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Tom Norton, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Tom Norton, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Tom Norton, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Michael Becker, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Gilles San Martin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Sanja565658, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Thomas Mesaglio, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.