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Fabaceae

Strawberry clover

Trifolium fragiferum L.

Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Trifolium

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Strawberry clover (Trifolium fragiferum)
FlowerPhoto: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (30)
Arabic
نفل فراولي
arz
نفل فراولى
Azerbaijani
Boşmeyvə yonca
Belarusian
Канюшына сунічная
Catalan
Trèvol maduixer
Chinese
草莓车轴草, 砗磲肉, 野苜蓿
Czech
Jetel jahodnatý
Danish
Jordbær-Kløver, Jordbærkløver
Dutch
Aardbeiklaver
English
Strawberry clover
Estonian
Randristik
Finnish
Rakkoapila
French
Trèfle fraise
German
Erdbeer-Klee, Erdbeerklee, Himbeer-Klee
hsb
Truskalcowy dźećel
Icelandic
Strandsmári
Japanese
ストベリークローバー, ツメクサダマシ
Latvian
Zemeņu āboliņš
Macedonian
Јагодеста детелина
myv
Кстыень вараканьпал, Кстыень вараканьпря тикше
Norwegian Bokmål
Jordbærkløver
Persian
شبدر توتفرنگی
Polish
Koniczyna rozdęta
Romanian
Trifoi
Russian
Клевер земляничный, Пустоягодник
Slovenian
Jagodasta detelja
Spanish
Trebol frutilla, Trébol frutilla
Swedish
Smultronklöver, Blåsklöver
Ukrainian
Конюшина суницеподібна
Welsh
Meillionen fefusaidd

Synonyms

  • Amoria fragifera (L.) Roskov
  • Galearia fragifera (L.) C.Presl
  • Galearia fragifera (L.) Bobrov
  • Trifolium fragiferum subsp. fragiferum
  • Xerosphaera fragifera (L.) Soják

Flowers

In flower
June to September (from 1,178 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Flower colour
purple (USDA PLANTS Database)

Characteristics

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced

Toxicity: Slight, as listed by the USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29). USDA rates how toxic a plant is to people or livestock; it is not a pet-safety rating, so ask a vet or poison line if a pet or child ate it.

Photos

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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.