suckling clover

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Also known as: Trifolium dubium

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Yellow suckling clover, also known as Trifolium dubium, is a small, annual clover species native to Europe but widely naturalized globally. It is often sown as a cover crop or for pasture.1

Clover, belonging to the genus Trifolium, comprises about 300 species of annual and perennial plants in the pea family. These plants are valuable as livestock feed, for improving soil by adding nitrogen, and as a green manure. Their flowers are highly attractive to bees, making clover honey a common byproduct. The "suckler" can refer to the flowering head of a clover, particularly in dialectal English.23

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White clover (Trifolium repens) and suckling clover (T. dubium) are both native to the British Isles and have been variously identified as the emblematic shamrock; the plants are members of the pea family (Fabaceae). Of commercial importance is wood sorrel (Oxalis acetosella) of the family Oxalidaceae. The plant is found…
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White clover (Trifolium repens) and suckling clover (T. dubium) are both native to the British Isles and have been variously identified as the emblematic shamrock; the plants are members of the pea family (Fabaceae). Of commercial importance is wood sorrel (Oxalis acetosella) of the family Oxalidaceae. The plant is found…
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