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Fabaceae
Rough clover
Trifolium scabrum
Also known as Trifolium trichodontium, Rough-stalked clover, Clover, Trifolium scabrum f. roseum
Native Plants · Clover · Legume · Nitrogen-Fixing · Wildflower · Ground-Cover · Meadow · Pollinator · Low-Maintenance · Rock-Garden · Annual
Rough clover is a low-growing Mediterranean annual clover ideal for naturalistic lawns, rock gardens, and wildflower meadows. It thrives in well-drained, poor soils with minimal watering—typically every 10–14 days—and tolerates part shade well. As a legume, it fixes atmospheric nitrogen, making it a valuable companion plant that improves soil health naturally.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Water lightly; soil should be allowed to dry between waterings · Every 10-14 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 6–7.5
- Temperature
- -20°F to 90°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed, Division
Hardiness
USDA 4a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 6 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Albania, Algeria, Azores, Baleares, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Corse, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Egypt, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Kriti
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle, usda
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