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Fabaceae
Alpine clover
Trifolium alpinum
Also known as Trifolium alpinum f. angustissimum, Trifolium alpinum var. nanum, Ursifolium alpinum, Bobrovia alpina
Native Plants · Alpine · Rock Garden · Clover · Nitrogen Fixing · Pollinator · Cool Climate · Mountain Plant · Trifolium · Pink Flowers · Perennial
Alpine clover is a compact, cold-hardy perennial suited to rock gardens, alpine troughs, and well-drained borders in cool climates. It prefers a gritty, slightly acidic soil and good drainage to mimic its natural mountain habitat. As a legume it fixes atmospheric nitrogen, benefiting surrounding plants while producing attractive rosy-pink flower heads that pollinators love.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 5 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately, keeping soil evenly moist but never waterlogged; reduce watering in winter · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 6–7.5
- Temperature
- -30°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
Hardiness
USDA 4a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 6 in – 2 ft
- Spacing
- 8 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Fine
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Austria, Czechoslovakia, France, Italy, Spain, Switzerland
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies, Moths
Sources: trefle, usda
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