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Trifolium hybridum (alsike clover)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Magnoliophyta
Class:	Rosopsida
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Genus:	Trifolium
Species:	T. hybridum
Binomial name
	Trifolium hybridum; L.
Synonyms
	Amoria hybrida (L.) C. Presl.

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Trifolium hybridum, alsike clover, is a plant species of the genus Trifolium in the pea family Fabaceae. The stalked, pale pink or whitish flower head grows from the leaf axils, and the trifoliate leaves are unmarked. The plant is 1–2 feet (30–60 cm) tall, and is found in fields and on roadsides – it is also grown as fodder (hay or silage). The plant blooms from spring to autumn (April to October in the northern hemisphere).^[2] Originating in mainland Europe, it has become established as an introduced plant in the British Isles^[1] and throughout the temperate regions of the world.^[3] Despite its scientific name, alsike clover is not of hybrid origin.

References

^ ^a ^b C A Stace, Interactive Flora of the British Isles, a Digital Encyclopaedia: Trifolium hybridum. ISBN 90-75000-69-3. (Online version)
^ Lee Peterson, Roger Tory Peterson, Lee Allen Peterson, A Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants of Eastern and Central North America, Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1978, c1977. 330 p. (The Peterson field guide series, no. 23): pp 56, 124. Google Books
^ A R Clapham, T G Tutin, E F Warburg, Flora of the British Isles, Cambridge, 1962, p 341

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[Stace-1] C A Stace, Interactive Flora of the British Isles, a Digital Encyclopaedia: Trifolium hybridum. ISBN 90-75000-69-3. (Online version)

[2] Lee Peterson, Roger Tory Peterson, Lee Allen Peterson, A Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants of Eastern and Central North America, Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1978, c1977. 330 p. (The Peterson field guide series, no. 23): pp 56, 124. Google Books

[3] A R Clapham, T G Tutin, E F Warburg, Flora of the British Isles, Cambridge, 1962, p 341

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-'''''Trifolium hybridum''''', '''alsike clover''', is a plant species of the genus ''[[Trifolium]]'' in the pea family [[Fabaceae]]. The stalked, pale pink or whitish [[flower]] [[head (botany)|head]] grows from the leaf [[leaf|axil]]s, and the [[Leaf shape|trifoliate]] [[leaf|leaves]] are unmarked. The plant is {{convert|1|-|2|ft|sigfig=1}} tall, and is found in fields and on roadsides &ndash; it is also grown as [[fodder]] ([[hay]] or [[silage]]). The plant blooms from April to October.<ref>Lee Peterson, Roger Tory Peterson, Lee Allen Peterson, ''A Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants of Eastern and Central North America'',  Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1978, c1977. 330 p. (The Peterson field guide series, no. 23):
+'''''Trifolium hybridum''''', '''alsike clover''', is a plant species of the genus ''[[Trifolium]]'' in the pea family [[Fabaceae]]. The stalked, pale pink or whitish [[flower]] [[head (botany)|head]] grows from the leaf [[leaf|axil]]s, and the [[Leaf shape|trifoliate]] [[leaf|leaves]] are unmarked. The plant is {{convert|1|-|2|ft|cm|sigfig=1}} tall, and is found in fields and on roadsides &ndash; it is also grown as [[fodder]] ([[hay]] or [[silage]]). The plant blooms from spring to autumn (April to October in the northern hemisphere).<ref>Lee Peterson, Roger Tory Peterson, Lee Allen Peterson, ''A Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants of Eastern and Central North America'',  Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1978, c1977. 330 p. (The Peterson field guide series, no. 23):
 pp 56, 124. [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=tFhCes5YUngC&pg=PP11&lpg=PP11&dq=%22A+Field+Guide+to+Edible+Wild+Plants+of+Eastern+and+Central+North+America%22&source=bl&ots=Ed5uOJEaJX&sig=Mj-WXWldfATIPgNs3-sMgvqXMsc&hl=en&ei=VCNwSsuyIdLRjAebz9GfBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1 Google Books]</ref>  Originating in mainland [[Europe]], it has become established as an introduced plant in the [[British Isles]]<ref name=Stace/> and throughout the [[temperateness|temperate]] regions of the world.<ref>A R Clapham, T G Tutin, E F Warburg, ''Flora of the British Isles'', Cambridge, 1962, p 341</ref>  Despite its scientific name, alsike clover is not of [[hybrid (biology)|hybrid]] origin.