Fabaceae

Peanut clover

Trifolium polymorphum Poir.

Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Trifolium

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Peanut clover (Trifolium polymorphum) — FlowerPhoto: Fernando Sessegolo, CC0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (2)

English: Peanut clover
German: Trifolium subsect. Oxalioidea

Synonyms

Amoria polymorpa (Poir.) C.Presl
Trifolium mirabile D.Heller & Zohary
Trifolium reflexum Roem. ex Scheele
Trifolium rivale Steud.

Flowers

In flower: September to November (from 29 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

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

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Fernando Sessegolo, CC0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Ariel Francisco Villaverde Fariña, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Pablo G. Fernández-Santiago, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Mauro Fossati, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: mirmeleon, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Tomás Tamagno, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: André Nogueira Thomas, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Gastón Repetto, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Photo: Cesar Ormazabal, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Laura J. Costello, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Víctor Sarabia Sánchez, 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.