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Other Names:Scientific Name: Trifolium hybridum L.
Plant Family: Leguminosae
Botanical Description: herbaceousStems: erect or sprawling, stout and succulent, 1 - 3 feet long
Leaves: three leaflets on long petioles (stems), each leaflet with an indented tip, veins symmetrical on either side of midvein
Roots: often quite deep
Flowers: white to pinkish in dense 0.25 - 0.75 inch heads, bloom May - August
Seeds: tiny, oval to kidney-shaped
Seedling: Seed leaves are tiny, roundish to oblong. Subsequent leaves are alternate with three separate leaflets on very long petioles. Stem smooth, growth somewhat zigzag.
Honeybees may be distracted during crop pollination by abundant clover flowers.
Reproduction: perennialPropagation: seed
Dispersal: Often introduced as a sand or vine contaminant during planting of new cranberry beds.
State: Often found as an escaped crop plant.National: Found throughout most of the continental United States, including Alaska. More abundant northward.
Origin: Eurasia
Tends to be most prolific in soils with a high pH (> 6.0). Most commonly found on disturbed soils, along dikes and bed edges, and in patches of weak cranberry vines.
While scouting a cranberry bed for disease and insect pests, identify weed populations as they arise. Note the specie(s) of weed present as well as the population level relative to field area. Example: 30% alsike clover, 10% boneset and joe-pye weed mix.
Dana, M. 1987. Cranberry Weeds in Wisconsin. Department of Horticulture, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Madison, Wisconsin. p. 23.Gleason, H. A. 1952. Illustrated Flora of the United States and Adjacent Canada. Vol 2. Lancaster Press, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. p. 401.
Kummer, L. D., T. G. Dittl, and T. D. Planer. 1993. Wisconsin Cranberry Weeds. Wisconsin Cranberry Board, Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin. p. 8.
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