Fabaceae
Suckling clover
Trifolium dubium
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Trifolium
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Common names
By language (30)
- arz
- تريفوليوم دوبيوم
- Asturian
- Trébole carnerín
- Belarusian
- Канюшына няпэўная
- Bulgarian
- Съмнителна детелина
- Catalan
- Trèvol menut
- Chinese
- 钝叶车轴草, 黃菽草
- Czech
- Jetel pochybný
- Danish
- Fin Kløver
- Dutch
- Kleine klaver
- English
- Suckling clover, Lesser hop trefoil
- Estonian
- Väike ristik
- Finnish
- Pikkuapila
- French
- Trèfle douteux, Petit trèfle jaune, Trefle douteux
- German
- Faden-Klee, Kleiner Klee, Fadenklee, Gewöhnlicher Kleiner Klee, Zweifelhafter Klee
- hsb
- Mólički dźećel
- Icelandic
- Músasmári
- Japanese
- コメツブツメクサ, キバナツメクサ（黄花詰草）, コゴメツメクサ（小米詰草）, コメツブツメクサ（米粒詰草）, キバナツメクサ, コゴメツメクサ
- Korean
- 애기노랑토끼풀
- Latvian
- Sīkais āboliņš
- Lithuanian
- Mažasis dobilas
- Macedonian
- Тенкостеблена детелина, Мала детелина
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Musekløver
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Musekløver
- Persian
- شبدر شیرخواره
- Polish
- Koniczyna drobnogłówkowa
- Russian
- Клевер сомнительный, Златощитник сомнительный
- Slovenian
- Mala detelja
- Swedish
- Trådklöver
- Turkish
- Küçük üçgül
- Welsh
- Meillionen hopysaidd fach
Synonyms
- Amarenus flavus (C.Presl) Fourr.
- Chrysaspis dubia (Sibth.) Greene
- Chrysaspis dubia (Sibth.) Desv.
- Trifolium dubium subsp. microphyllum (Ser.) Soó
- Trifolium dubium var. atlanticum Maire
- Trifolium dubium var. microphyllum (Ser.) P.D.Sell
- Trifolium filiforme subsp. dubium (Sibth.) Gams
- Trifolium filiforme subsp. minus (Sm.) Bonnier & Layens
- Trifolium filiforme var. dubium (Sibth.) Fiori & Paol.
- Trifolium filiforme var. major Bab.
- Trifolium flavum C.Presl
- Trifolium luteolum Schur
- Trifolium minus Sm.
- Trifolium minus var. confertum Merino
- Trifolium minus var. microphyllum Ser.
- Trifolium praticola Sennen
- Trifolium procumbens var. minus (Sm.) DC.
Flowers
- In flower
- March to June (from 4,172 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: introduced, Canada: introduced, Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Mason Heberling, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Dilrukshan Priyantha Wijesinghe, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Brett Sandford, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Y. Liu, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, 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.