Fabaceae
Purple clover
Trifolium purpureum
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Trifolium
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Common names
By language (7)
- Arabic
- نفل أرجواني
- arz
- نفل ارجوانى
- Bulgarian
- Пурпурна детелина
- English
- Purple clover
- Hebrew
- תלתן הארגמן, תלתן ארגמני
- Persian
- شبدر ارغوانی
- Turkish
- Morüçgül
Synonyms
- Trifolium angustifolium subsp. purpureum (Loisel.) Ponert
- Trifolium angustifolium subsp. purpureum (Loisel.) Gibelli & Belli
- Trifolium loisleuri Rouy
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: דני, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: idobi, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Hanay, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Hanay, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Zeynel Cebeci, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Zeynel Cebeci, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Chaym Turak, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Chaym Turak, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Nachman bones, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Chaym Turak, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.