Fabaceae
Sea clover
Trifolium squamosum
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Trifolium
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Common names
By language (9)
- Arabic
- نفل خشن
- Bulgarian
- Късозъба детелина
- English
- Sea clover
- Finnish
- Meriapila
- Icelandic
- Fjörusmári
- Slovenian
- Obmorska detelja
- Turkish
- Deniz üçgülü
- Ukrainian
- Конюшина лускова
- Welsh
- Meillionen y morfa
Synonyms
- Trifolium albidum Steven ex Ledeb.
- Trifolium baeticum Lag. ex DC.
- Trifolium cinctum DC.
- Trifolium clypeatum Lapeyr.
- Trifolium commutatum Ledeb.
- Trifolium glabellum C.Presl
- Trifolium glabrum J.Gay ex Nyman
- Trifolium irregulare Pourr.
- Trifolium maritimum Huds.
- Trifolium maritimum subsp. cinctum (DC.) Gibelli & Belli
- Trifolium maritimum subsp. nigrocinctum (Boiss. & Orph.) Nyman
- Trifolium maritimum subsp. xatardii (DC.) Asch. & Graebn.
- Trifolium maritimum subvar. bastardianum Pérez Lara
- Trifolium maritimum var. irregulare (Pourr.) Asch. & Graebn.
- Trifolium maritimum var. moriferum Lojac.
- Trifolium maritimum var. nigrocinctum (Boiss. & Orph.) Boiss.
- Trifolium nigrocinctum Boiss. & Orph.
- Trifolium pratense var. baeticum (Lag. ex DC.) C.Vicioso
- Trifolium rigidum Savi
- Trifolium squamosum subsp. xatardii (DC.) O.Bolòs & Vigo
- Trifolium stipulaceum Lapeyr.
- Trifolium succinctum Vis.
- Trifolium xatardii DC.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Len Worthington, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Len Worthington, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Len Worthington, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: E Wusk, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: E Wusk, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: E Wusk, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: E Wusk, CC BY 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.