Crimson clover
Trifolium incarnatum L.
- light
- Full sun
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 41 cm
- wide
- 61 cm
Fabaceae
Also called Scarlet clover, Crimson Clover
Formerly Trifolium molinerii, Trifolium noeanum, Trifolium stramineum
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
Read from iNaturalist photographs of it in flower. A month counts at 50% of the best month's flowering share (smoothed over three months) and 10% of its flowering count, from at least 100 flowering observations in the band.
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- AnnualKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Europe to NW. IranKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun (6 h or more)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 30 cm to 51 cmRead from NC State Extension and Wikipedia, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources. Sources differ: NC State Extension 1–3 ft; Wikipedia 20–50 cm
- Spread
- 30 cm to 91 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- RedRead from NC State Extension and Wikipedia, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources. Sources differ: NC State Extension red; Wikipedia cream, pink, red
Not known yet: coldest it survives, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- root
- TRIINC
- Finnish
- veriapila
- Portuguese
- Erva-do-amor, Trevo-encarnado, Trevo-vermelho
- German
- Inkarnat-Klee, Blutklee, Rosenklee
- French
- Trèfle incarnat, Trèfle du Roussillon, Trèfle farouche
- Czech
- jetel inkarnát
- Estonian
- kahkjaspunane ristik
- Dutch
- Inkarnaatklaver
- Norwegian Bokmål
- blodkløver
- Italian
- Trifoglio incarnato
- Danish
- Blod-Kløver
- Russian
- Клевер мясо-красный
Where this comes from
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0 (observation counts)
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 3.0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0
- 3D model: Trifolium incarnatum (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
A fact “checked by a majority of its sources” was settled by a vote of the pages it was read from, not by a person reading it; one marked “one source” rests on that page alone. Anything else not marked checked has not been checked yet. Where nothing is known, the page says so rather than guess.