Trifolium pratense Linnaeus 1753 (Family Fabaceae)


Plant

Leaf

Flower

Colour Variant

Fruit

Height: 15-50cm
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal
Perennial
Hermaphrodite, Flowering May - October (Earliest: 23.4)

Habitat:
Meadows
Pollination:
Several Apidae

Most Hesperiidae

Several Nymphalidae

Several Pieridae

Several Lycaenidae

Several Noctuidae

Adscita statices

Temnostoma vespiforme
Parasites:
Stemphylium sarciniforme

Microsphaera trifolii

Ischnopterapion virens Larva
(Stem Borer)
Herbivores:
Polyommatus icarus Larva

Polyommatus semiargus Larva

Colias croceus Larva

Several Noctuidae Larvae

Several Geometridae Larvae

Ancylis badiana Larva

Ischnopterapion virens

Several Curculionidae
Sapivores:
Piezodorus lituratus

Ecological Flora of the British Isles
Skye Flora: Red Clover


Pictures © 2003, 2004, 2005 J.K. Lindsey

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