Fabaceae
Alsike clover
Trifolium hybridum
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Trifolium
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Common names
By language (33)
- Arabic
- نفل سويدي
- arz
- نفل سويدى
- Belarusian
- Канюшына ружовая
- Bulgarian
- Хибридна детелина
- Chinese
- 杂种车轴草, 雜種車軸草, 杂三叶, 杂车轴草, 砗磲肉, 金花草, 爱沙苜蓿
- csb
- Szwedzkô kòniczëna
- Czech
- Jetel zvrhlý
- Danish
- Alsike-Kløver, Aliske-kløver, Alsikekløver
- Dutch
- Basterdklaver, Bastaardklaver
- English
- Alsike clover
- Estonian
- Roosa ristik, Rootsi ristik
- Finnish
- Alsikeapila
- French
- Trèfle hybride
- German
- Schweden-Klee, Gewöhnlicher Schwedenklee, Schwedenklee, Bastard-Klee, Bastardklee
- hsb
- Šwedski dźećel
- Icelandic
- Alsíkusmári, Alsikusmári
- Irish
- Seamair Alsike, Ailsice, Seamair Lochlannach
- Japanese
- タチオランダゲンゲ
- Latvian
- Bastarda āboliņš
- Lithuanian
- Rausvasis dobilas
- Macedonian
- Хибридна детелина, Розова детелина
- myv
- Гибридэнь вараканьпал, Гибридэнь вараканьпря тикше
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Alsikekløver, Alsike
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Alsikekløver, Alsike
- Persian
- شبدر دورگ
- Polish
- Koniczyna białoróżowa
- Russian
- Клевер гибридный, Клевер розовый, Клевер шведский
- Slovenian
- Hibridna detelja
- Spanish
- Trebol hibrido, Trebol híbrido
- Swedish
- Alsikeklöver
- Turkish
- İsveç üçgülü
- Ukrainian
- Конюшина гібридна
- Welsh
- Meillionen Fawr-orweddol
Synonyms
- Amoria hybrida (L.) C.Presl
- Trifolium elegans subsp. hybridum (L.) Bonnier & Layens
- Trifolium hybridum f. hybridum
- Trifolium hybridum var. hybridum
Flowers
- In flower
- June to September (from 2,827 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- white (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: introduced, Canada: introduced, Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, St. Pierre and Miquelon: 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
FlowerPhoto: Tom Norton, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Tom Norton, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: M. Whitson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Sandy Wolkenberg, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ivar Leidus, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rasbak, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Robert H. Wardell, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Robert H. Wardell, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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.