Fabaceae FAMILY
Trifolium dubium
Trifolium dubium
Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
2/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Trifolium dubium is an annual plant with slender, procumbent or ascending stems growing from a short tap root; it can grow up to 25cm tall, occasionally to 50cm[ 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. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine. It is sometimes used in land reclamation projects.
Habitat & Origin
Origintemperate
Native RangeEurasia - Norway to Portugal, east to Ciscaucasia, Ukraine, Turkey, Israel; N. Africa - Morocco, Tunisia
HabitatGrassy places throughout 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. ]. Dry meadows, forest fringes and open forests, steppes, on sands, sometimes as a weed in fields; preferring light and poor soils[ 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 ].