Fabaceae
Suffocating clover
Trifolium suffocatum
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Trifolium
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Common names
By language (9)
- Arabic
- نفل مختنق
- arz
- نفل مختنق
- Bulgarian
- Заглушена детелина
- English
- Suffocating clover
- German
- Schmächtiger Klee
- Icelandic
- Melasmári
- Persian
- شبدر رازکی
- Swedish
- Musklöver
- Welsh
- Meillionen fygedig
Synonyms
- Amoria suffocata (L.) Soják
- Amoria suffocata (L.) R.M.Burton
- Micrantheum suffocatum (L.) C.Presl
- Microphyton suffocatum (L.) Fourr.
- Trifolium clandestinum Lag.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Len Worthington, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: William Harland, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Benjamin holé, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Sandra Stewart, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Maxime Dépinoy, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Augustin Soulard, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Barry Stewart, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sandra Stewart, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: tiberiofiaschi, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Philip Precey, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Suffocating clover: Trifolium suffocatum — Herbarium specimen from [label, Herbarium Horti Botanici Pisani] Escursione del gruppo per la FSE 2022, Lipari e Panarea (Isole Eolie). 4](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Trifolium_suffocatum_%28GBIF_6177149930%29.jpg/500px-Trifolium_suffocatum_%28GBIF_6177149930%29.jpg)
Photo: Dipartimento di Biologia, Università di Pisa, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stephen James McWilliam, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
![Suffocating clover: Trifolium suffocatum — Herbarium specimen from [label, Herbarium Horti Botanici Pisani] Escursione del gruppo per la FSE 2022, Lipari e Panarea (Isole Eolie). 4](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c5/Trifolium_suffocatum_%28GBIF_6177149930%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.