Trifolium alpestre

Trifolium alpestre, the owl-head clover or purple-globe clover, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to central, southern and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, Turkey, and Iran.^[1][2] It reproduces both clonally and by seed.^[3]

Trifolium alpestre
In bloom
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Faboideae
Genus:	Trifolium
Species:	T. alpestre
Binomial name
Trifolium alpestre L.
Synonyms[1]
List Trifolium alpestre f. monostachyum (Ser.) Cincovic Trifolium alpinum Georgi Trifolium incarnatum Stephan Trifolium purpureum-majus Gilib. Trifolium rubens Desc. Triphylloides nervosa Moench