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§1 Plant

Trifolium wormskioldii Lehm.

vernacular cows clover — species · Fabaceae


USDA
TRWO
GBIF
5359148
Rank
species
cows clover (Trifolium wormskioldii)
Platephotograph · Mike PattersonCC BY-NC source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Duration
Annual, Perennial
Group
Dicot
Family
Fabaceae Lindl.
Genus
Trifolium
§2a

Native status, by region

  • AK Alaska Native
  • CAN Canada Native
  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b

County-level range

· 148 counties across 11 states/territories
Legend Native · 148 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation specs · USDA

Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.

§3a

Tolerances

Drought
Low
Shade
Medium
Moisture use
Medium
Fire
Medium
Salinity
Medium
Anaerobic
Medium
CaCO₃
High
Hedging
None
§3b

Climate & soil

Cold tolerance
-28 °F minimum
Frost-free days
90 min.
Precipitation
10–60 in/yr
pH range
6.2–7
Root depth
10 in min.
Fertility need
Low
Soil texture
medium
§3c

Form & growth

Growth form
Rhizomatous
Growth rate
Moderate
Lifespan
Moderate
Mature height
3.5 ft
Foliage texture
Fine
Foliage colour
Green
Porosity (summer)
Moderate
Porosity (winter)
Porous
Flower colour
Red
Fruit colour
Brown
Fire resistant
No
N fixation
Medium
Toxicity
None
§3d

Reproduction

Bloom period
Late Spring
Seed abundance
Medium
Seed begins
Summer
Seed ends
Fall
Spread rate
Slow
Stratify
No
Seeds / lb
756,000
Propagation
seed
§3e

Use & availability

Commercial availability
No Known Source
Nursery stock
No
Browse palatability
Medium
Graze palatability
High
Palatable, human
No
Protein potential
Medium
Lumber
No
Christmas tree
No

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 148 counties across 11 states/territories.

Arizona view state ↗ 7 N
California view state ↗ 49 N
Colorado view state ↗ 10 N
Idaho view state ↗ 4 N
Nevada view state ↗ 13 N
New Mexico view state ↗ 17 N
Oregon view state ↗ 24 N
Texas view state ↗ 1 N
Utah view state ↗ 6 N
Washington view state ↗ 16 N
Wyoming view state ↗ 1 N

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/TRWO ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/5359148 ↗

Record version

Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:

usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26

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