Fabaceae
Nodding clover
Trifolium cernuum
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Trifolium
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Common names
By language (4)
- English
- Nodding clover
- Japanese
- ウナダレツメクサ
- Swedish
- Nickklöver
- Welsh
- Meillionen bendrom
Synonyms
- Amoria cernua (Brot.) Soják
- Trifolium cernuum subsp. perreymondii (Gren.) P.Fourn.
- Trifolium cernuum var. intermedium Rouy
- Trifolium cernuum var. perreymondii (Gren.) Rouy
- Trifolium minutum Coss.
- Trifolium parviflorum Perreym.
- Trifolium parviflorum subsp. cernuum (Brot.) Vicioso
- Trifolium perreymondii Gren.
- Trifolium retusum subsp. cernuum (Brot.) Vicioso & Laínz
- Trifolium serrulatum Lag.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Marco Iocchi, CC BY 3.0, 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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.