Fabaceae
Buffalo clover
Trifolium reflexum
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Trifolium
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Common names
By language (3)
- English
- Buffalo clover
- Macedonian
- Свиена детелина, Бизонска детелина
- Turkish
- Bizon üçgülü
Synonyms
- Amoria reflexa (L.) C.Presl
- Trifolium adscendens Hornem.
- Trifolium comosum L.
- Trifolium platycephalum Bisch.
- Trifolium reflexum f. glabrum (Lojac.) Isely
- Trifolium reflexum var. glabrum Lojac.
- Trifolium reflexum var. reflexum
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual, Biennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Eric Hunt, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Pamahon, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Pamahon, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Pamahon, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Pamahon, 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.