Maryland Biodiversity Project - Red Clover (Trifolium pratense)

Red Clover Trifolium pratense Linnaeus

Kingdom Plantae > Division Tracheophyta > Class Magnoliopsida > Order Fabales > Family Fabaceae > Genus Trifolium Red Clover - Trifolium pratense - https://www.marylandbiodiversity.com/view/3860

Common throughout the state in any open habitat. May bloom at anytime of the year.

Look for blooming Red Clover in any open habitat across the state.

Host plant for the butterfly Eastern Tailed-Blue.

There are 714 records in the project database.

Red Clover in Caroline Co., Maryland (8/30/2017). Photo by Wayne Longbottom. (MBP list)

Red Clover blooming in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (5/29/2019). Photo by David Illig. (MBP list)

Red Clover blooming in Caroline Co., Maryland (5/25/2014). Photo by Jim Stasz. (MBP list)

Red Clover in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (5/11/2011). Photo by Bill Harms. (MBP list)

Red Clover in Kent Co., Maryland (10/23/2020). (c) Wayne Longbottom, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Wayne Longbottom. (MBP list)

Red Clover blooming in Allegany Co., Maryland (6/16/2012). Photo by Kimberly Booth. (MBP list)

Red Clover in Kent Co., Maryland (10/23/2020). (c) Wayne Longbottom, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Wayne Longbottom. (MBP list)

Red Clover in Kent Co., Maryland (5/24/2016). Photo by Dan Small. (MBP list)

Red Clover in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (7/12/2016). Photo by Wayne Longbottom. (MBP list)

Red Clover in Caroline Co., Maryland (10/11/2020). (c) Wayne Longbottom, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Wayne Longbottom. (MBP list)

Red Clover in Caroline Co., Maryland (10/3/2020). (c) Wayne Longbottom, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Wayne Longbottom. (MBP list)

Red Clover blooming in St. Mary's Co., Maryland (5/8/2016). Photo by Tyler Bell. (MBP list)

Red Clover in Calvert Co., Maryland (9/30/2017). Photo by Wayne Longbottom. (MBP list)

Red Clover in Dorchester Co., Maryland (5/10/2019). Photo by Wayne Longbottom. (MBP list)

White form of Red Clover in Caroline Co., Maryland (5/15/2019). Photo by Wayne Longbottom. (MBP list)

A white form Red Clover in Talbot Co., Maryland (7/4/2016). Photo by Jim Brighton. (MBP list)

White form of Red Clover in Dorchester Co., Maryland (7/31/2016). Photo by Wayne Longbottom. (MBP list)

Red Clover hosting a female Sachem in Washington Co., Maryland (5/20/2013). Photo by Bonnie Ott. (MBP list)

Red Clover hosting a Gray Hairstreak in Howard Co., Maryland (6/28/2015). Photo by Kevin Heffernan. (MBP list)

Red Clover hosting a Dun Skipper in Queen Anne's Co., Maryland (5/27/2007). Photo by Bill Hubick. (MBP list)

Red Clover in Caroline Co., Maryland (5/4/2019). (c) Ashley M Bradford, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Ashley Bradford. (MBP list)

Red Clover in Howard Co., Maryland (8/21/2020). (c) johnbotany, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by John Hall. (MBP list)

Red Clover in Worcester Co., Maryland (5/26/2020). (c) Wayne Longbottom, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Wayne Longbottom. (MBP list)

Red Clover in Worcester Co., Maryland (8/20/2016). (c) nycticorax, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by nycticorax via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Red Clover in Caroline Co., Maryland (5/27/2020). (c) Wayne Longbottom, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Wayne Longbottom. (MBP list)

Red Clover in Montgomery Co., Maryland (10/31/2020). (c) Tanya Riseman, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Tanya Riseman via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Red Clover in Worcester Co., Maryland (4/16/2020). (c) Wayne Longbottom, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Wayne Longbottom. (MBP list)

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