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Fabaceae
Striate clover
Trifolium striatum
Also known as Trifolium striatum, Striated clover, Knotted clover, Trifolium striatum var. incanum
Native Plants · Clover · Pollinator · Wildflower · Meadow · Nitrogen-Fixing · Groundcover · Low Maintenance · Bees · Butterflies · European
Striate clover is a low-maintenance annual or short-lived perennial clover suited to meadows, lawns, and naturalistic garden settings. It thrives in well-drained soils with moderate sunlight and requires very little supplemental watering once established. It is an excellent pollinator plant, attracting bees and butterflies throughout its blooming season.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 5 hours
- Watering
- Water lightly until soil is evenly moist; tolerates brief dry periods · Every 7-10 days during dry spells
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 6–7
- Temperature
- -20°F to 85°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed, Cutting
Hardiness
USDA 5a-10b
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, Arkansas, Austria, Baleares, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, California, Canary Is., Chile Central, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle, usda
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