Fabaceae
Rough clover
Trifolium scabrum
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Trifolium
Pet and kid safety: not checked yet. Check pet-safe plants
![Rough clover: Trifolium scabrum Plougrescant, Côtes-d'Armor, France Source : [1]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dd/Trifolium_scabrum1.jpg)
Is yours looking unwell? Scan your plant — free
Common names
By language (7)
- Dutch
- Ruwe klaver
- English
- Rough clover
- Finnish
- Karhea-apila
- French
- Trèfle scabre, Trefle scabre
- German
- Rauer Klee, Rauher Klee
- Slovenian
- Hrapava detelja
- Turkish
- Pürtüklü üçgül
Synonyms
- Trifolium ochroleucum Rostk. & Schmidt
- Trifolium scabrum f. hirsuticaule H.Lindb.
- Trifolium scabrum f. roseum H.Lindb.
- Trifolium scabrum var. glabrum Pamp.
- Trifolium trichodontium Gand.
- Trifolium turcicum Velen.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
![Rough clover: Trifolium scabrum Plougrescant, Côtes-d'Armor, France Source : [1]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Trifolium_scabrum1.jpg/500px-Trifolium_scabrum1.jpg)
Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Aroche assumed, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Len Worthington, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Trifolium
- White cloverTrifolium repensFabaceae
- Red cloverTrifolium pratenseFabaceae
- Hare's-foot cloverTrifolium arvenseFabaceae
- Field cloverTrifolium campestreFabaceae
- Crimson cloverTrifolium incarnatumFabaceae
- Suckling cloverTrifolium dubiumFabaceae
- Zigzag cloverTrifolium mediumFabaceae
- Alsike cloverTrifolium hybridumFabaceae
- Strawberry cloverTrifolium fragiferumFabaceae
- Golden cloverTrifolium aureumFabaceae
- Mountain cloverTrifolium montanumFabaceae
- Owl-head cloverTrifolium alpestreFabaceae
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.