Fabaceae
Cow clover
Trifolium wormskioldii
Also known as Red clover, Purple clover, Meadow clover
Flowering Plants · Native Plants · Clover · Native · Pollinator · Wildflower · Ground Cover · Fabaceae · Trifolium · Meadow · Nitrogen Fixer · Low Maintenance
Cow clover is a low-growing native perennial clover ideal for wildflower meadows, pollinator gardens, and naturalized areas in the western United States. It thrives in average to moist soils with part shade to full sun and requires very little maintenance beyond occasional watering during dry spells. Its pinkish-purple flower heads are highly attractive to native bees and butterflies from spring through summer.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 5 hours
- Watering
- Water to keep soil evenly moist; tolerates brief dry spells once established · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 6.2–7
- Temperature
- -25°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 4b-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 10 ft – 30 ft
- Spread
- 15 ft
- Spacing
- 12 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- Mixed
- Foliage
- Green · Fine
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Arizona, California, Colorado, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Washington, Wyoming
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle, usda
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