Fabaceae
Cows clover
Trifolium wormskioldii
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Trifolium
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Common names
By language (3)
- English
- Cows clover
- Icelandic
- Fölvasmári
- nv
- Jaaniłtsʼílí
Synonyms
- Lupinaster wormskioldii C.Presl
- Trifolium atropurpureum Nutt. ex Torr. & A.Gray
- Trifolium calocephalum Nutt. ex Torr. & A.Gray
- Trifolium fendleri Greene
- Trifolium fimbriatum Lindl.
- Trifolium fistulosum A.E.Vaughan
- Trifolium heterodon Torr. & A.Gray
- Trifolium involucratum var. fendleri (Greene) McDermott
- Trifolium involucratum var. fimbriatum (Lindl.) McDermott
- Trifolium involucratum var. heterodon (Torr. & A.Gray) S.Watson
- Trifolium involucratum var. kennedianum McDermott
- Trifolium kennedianum (McDermott) A.Nelson & J.F.Macb
- Trifolium kennedianum (McDermott) A.Nelson & J.F.Macbr.
- Trifolium ortegae Greene
- Trifolium ortegae f. pumilum A.E.Vaughan
- Trifolium spinulosum Douglas
- Trifolium triste Nutt.
- Trifolium willdenovii var. fimbriatum (Lindl.) Ewan
- Trifolium willdenovii var. kennedianum (McDermott) Ewan
- Trifolium wormskioldii var. fimbriatum (Lindl.) Jeps.
- Trifolium wormskioldii var. kennedianum (McDermott) Jeps.
- Trifolium wormskioldii var. ortegae (Greene) Barneby
- Trifolium wormskioldii var. wormskioldii
Flowers
- Flower colour
- red (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Eric in SF, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0, 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.