Fabaceae
Brown clover
Trifolium badium
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Trifolium
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Common names
By language (14)
- Czech
- Jetel hnědý
- Dutch
- Koniczyna brunatna
- English
- Brown clover
- French
- Trèfle bai, Trefle bai
- German
- Braun-Klee, Alpen-Braun-Klee, Brauner Klee, Braunklee
- hsb
- Badiski dźećel
- Icelandic
- Kastaníusmári
- Macedonian
- Кафеава детелина
- Persian
- شبدر شاه بلوطی
- Polish
- Koniczyna brunatna
- Slovak
- Ďatelina hnedá
- Slovenian
- Kostanjevorjava detelja
- Swedish
- Humleklöver
- Turkish
- Kahverengi üçgül
Synonyms
- Amarenus badius (Schreb.) Fourr.
- Chrysaspis badia (Schreb.) Greene
- Trifolium spadiceum var. badium (Schreb.) Lapeyr.
Photos

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Photo: Jerzy Opioła, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jerzy Opioła, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Andrea Schieber from München, Deutschland, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Robert Flogaus-Faust, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Daniel Ballmer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Hans Hillewaert, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Gijs Romijn, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Attila Oláh, CC BY 4.0, 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); US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.