Fabaceae FAMILY Least Concern

Trifolium incarnatum

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Trifolium incarnatum is an erect to ascending, annual plant growing 20 - 90cm tall[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food. It is often grown as a green manure crop and in soil reclamation projects. Trifolium incarnatum is a common species with a widespread distribution and with no major threats. The plant is classified as 'Least Concern' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2013)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeEurope - Scandanavia to Spain, east to Poland, Romania and Bulgaria; W. Asia - Turkey

HabitatFields, meadows, pastures and roadsides[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ]. Subspecies molinerii is a strictly maritime species in the UK, only found within 200 metres of the sea, preferring open habitats such as cliff-slopes that are severely droughted in the summer[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].