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Lesser Trefoil in the GardenTags plant encyclopedia

Trifolium dubium

 

Lesser Trefoil

Low growing clover with small yellow flowers. Trifolium dubium is a annual, growing to 0.5 m at a medium rate. It is not frost tender and is in flower from late spring to late summer and the seeds ripen from mid-summer to early autumn. The flowers are hermaphrodite and are pollinated by Bees plus it is self-fertile. It spread by self seeding.

 
plant Features
  • Lesser Trefoil likes full sun to partial shade

    Full sun to partial shade

  • Lesser Trefoil likes very little water

    Very little water

  • Lesser Trefoil is full frost hardy: 5f (-15°c)

    Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)

  • Lesser Trefoil likes moist and free draining

    Moist and free draining

 
plant information

Common name

Lesser Trefoil

Latin name

Trifolium dubium

type

Annual

family

Fabaceae

ph

5.0 - 8.0 Acid - Neutral

  • Light

    Lesser Trefoil likes full sun to partial shade

    Full sun to partial shade

  • Frost

    Lesser Trefoil is full frost hardy: 5f (-15°c)

    Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)

  • Soil

    Lesser Trefoil likes moist and free draining

    Moist and free draining

  • Water

    Lesser Trefoil likes very little water

    Very little water

Plant & bloom calendar

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    Best time to plant

full grown dimensions

The size of a fully grown Lesser Trefoil is 1.00meters x 0.50meters 1.00 M 0.50 M

Trifolium dubium

Low growing clover with small yellow flowers. Trifolium dubium is a annual, growing to 0.5 m at a medium rate. It is not frost tender and is in flower from late spring to late summer and the seeds ripen from mid-summer to early autumn. The flowers are hermaphrodite and are pollinated by Bees plus it is self-fertile. It spread by self seeding.


Planting

From Late Summer TO Early Autumn

New plants can be obtained by sowing seed in late summer and will flower in late spring the following year, reseeding itself after flowering.

 
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