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Trifolium hybridum L.

Alsike Clover

Description: Introduced; widely grown as an animal forage plant and now frequently found as an established escape from cultivation, especially in the western half of Northern Ireland. In general appearance rather like a large form of white clover (Trifolium repens) but the flowers often pinkish.

All names: Trifolium hybridum L.; Amoria hybridum (L.) C.Presl.; Trifolium elegans Savi

Distribution Map from NBN: Trifolium hybridum at National Biodiversity Network mapping facility, data for UK.

iNaturalist: Trifolium hybridum at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.

 Hackney, P., 2026. Trifolium hybridum. L.. [In] Flora of Northern Ireland.
https://habitas.org/flora/species.php?item=3246. Accessed on 2026-11-02.