Fabaceae
Mediterranean clover
Trifolium spumosum
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Trifolium
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Common names
By language (5)
- Arabic
- نفل رغوي
- Bulgarian
- Кавказка детелина
- English
- Mediterranean clover
- Persian
- شبدر اسفنجی
- Swedish
- Smällklöver
Synonyms
- Amoria spumosa (L.) Roskov
- Mistyllus spumosus (L.) C.Presl
- Mistyllus spumosus (L.) Bobrov
- Trifolium apulum All.
- Trifolium folliculatum Lam.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Gideon Pisanty, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Eleftherios Katsillis, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Natural History Museum, Vienna, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: University of Vienna - Herbarium WU, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Mediterranean clover: Trifolium spumosum — Herbarium specimen from Ionische Inseln [Iónii nísi]. Nom. Zakínthou. Insel Zákinthos. ca. 2 km S Agh. Léon, am Fahrweg zur Südwestküste vo](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Trifolium_spumosum_%28GBIF_1142100876%29.jpg/500px-Trifolium_spumosum_%28GBIF_1142100876%29.jpg)
Photo: University of Vienna - Herbarium WU, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
![Mediterranean clover: Trifolium spumosum — Herbarium specimen from Ionische Inseln [Iónii nísi]. Nom. Zakínthou. Insel Zákinthos. ca. 2 km S Agh. Léon, am Fahrweg zur Südwestküste vo](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/84/Trifolium_spumosum_%28GBIF_1142100876%29.jpg)
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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.