Wildflowers of the Stuttgart Area
Trifolium alpinum
| Family : | LEGUMINOSAE/FABACEAE (Pea Family) |
| Common Name (UK) : | Alpine Clover |
| Common Name (DE) : | Alpenklee |
| Common Name (FR) : | Trèfle des Alpes |
| Habitat : | Alps, in the subalpine and alpine zone. It prefers soils that are limedeficient, comparatively nutrient-deficient, deep, warm and not too wet. On lime-rich soils it only grows on a thick humus layer. It is typically found in Narduus pastures and poor alpine grasslands. In the Alps, it is common between 1 700 and 2 500 m, sometimes below the timber line. |
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| First appearing : | June |
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