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Fabaceae
Sub clover
Trifolium subterraneum
Also known as Triphylloides comosa, Calycomorphum subterraneum, Sub white clover, Trifolium subterraneum var. genuinum
Native Plants · Clover · Fabaceae · Ground Cover · Nitrogen Fixing · Pasture · Lawn Alternative · Trifolium · Fast Growing · Pollinator · Legume
Sub clover is a fast-growing, low-maintenance ground cover that fixes nitrogen and improves soil health, making it excellent for pastures and lawn alternatives. It prefers partial shade to full sun and regular moisture, especially during establishment. Mow or cut back occasionally to encourage dense, healthy coverage.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Water evenly to keep soil consistently moist but not waterlogged · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 5–8
- 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
- Fast
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Green · Fine
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Albania, Algeria, Argentina Northeast, Azores, Baleares, Belarus, Belgium, Brazil South, Bulgaria, California, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Chatham Is., Chile Central, Corse, Czechoslovakia, East Aegean Is., France, Great Britain, Greece
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle, usda
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