Fabaceae
Prickly clover
Trifolium echinatum
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Trifolium
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Common names
By language (9)
- Arabic
- نفل قنفذي
- arz
- نفل قنفذى
- Bulgarian
- Бодлива детелина
- English
- Prickly clover
- German
- Igel-Klee, Igelklee
- Persian
- شبدر خاردار
- Swedish
- Igelkottsklöver
- Ukrainian
- Конюшина їжакувата
- Welsh
- Meillionen bigog
Flowers
- In flower
- April to July (from 26 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Eleftherios Katsillis, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Andrea Meucci, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Michal Honskus, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Andrea Meucci, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Eleftherios Katsillis, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Michal Honskus, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Eleftherios Katsillis, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Eleftherios Katsillis, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification 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.