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Fabaceae FAMILY

Trifolium hybridum

Trifolium hybridum

Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
2/5

Safety & Hazards

Eating this plant can cause bloat, especially if larger quantities are consumed[ 1151 Title Contributions from the United States National Herbarium Vol. 7 Publication Author Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ Publisher Government Printing Office; Washington Year 1900 ISBN Description A botanical journal. Rather dated, but it includes an ethnobotanical report from California and an early monograph of N. American Apiaceae. It can be downloaded from the Internet ].

Botanical Description

Trifolium hybridum is an erect or decumbent, herbaceous, perennial plant, often short-lived, and growing from a branched taproot. The plant produces several stems from the root crown, growing up to 60cm tall[ 17 Title Flora of the British Isles. Publication Author Clapham, Tutin and Warburg. Publisher Cambridge University Press Year 1962 ISBN - Description A very comprehensive flora, the standard reference book but it has no pictures. , 1145 Title AgroAtlas Publication Author Website http://www.agroatlas.ru/en/index.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line database of economic plants of Russia and the surrounding countries that formed the USSR, giving botanical descriptions, distribution, habitats and uses. It also gives comprehensive information on climate, soil, pests, diseases etc ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and a medicine.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate
Native RangeMost of Europe, excluding Scandanavia, UK, Nederlands, Belgium, Germany and Poland; W. Asia - Turkey, Caucasus, Iran, Iraq; N. Africa - Morocco
HabitatRoadsides in Britain[ 17 Title Flora of the British Isles. Publication Author Clapham, Tutin and Warburg. Publisher Cambridge University Press Year 1962 ISBN - Description A very comprehensive flora, the standard reference book but it has no pictures. ]. Damp meadows, pastures, roadsides, fields[ 1145 Title AgroAtlas Publication Author Website http://www.agroatlas.ru/en/index.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line database of economic plants of Russia and the surrounding countries that formed the USSR, giving botanical descriptions, distribution, habitats and uses. It also gives comprehensive information on climate, soil, pests, diseases etc ].