Trifolium badium

Trifolium badium, the brown clover or brown trefoil, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to most of mainland Europe, the Caucasus, Turkey, Iraq, and Iran.^[1][2] It is a locally important forage in sub-alpine pastures.^[3]

Trifolium badium
In the Austrian Alps
Close-up of flowers
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Faboideae
Genus:	Trifolium
Species:	T. badium
Binomial name
Trifolium badium Schreb.
Synonyms[1]
List Chrysaspis badia (Schreb.) Greene Chrysaspis badia subsp. rytidosemia (Boiss. & Hohen.) Hendrych Chrysaspis rytidosemia (Boiss. & Hohen.) Roskov Trifolium badium subsp. rivulare (Boiss. & Balansa) C.C.Towns. Trifolium cousturieri Gand. Trifolium ponticum Albov Trifolium pseudobadium Velen. Trifolium rivulare Boiss. & Balansa Trifolium rytidosemium Boiss. & Hohen. Trifolium rytidosemium subsp. rivulare (Boiss. & Balansa) Ponert Trifolium soldeanum Barnola

Subtaxa

The following subspecies are accepted:^[1]

• Trifolium badium subsp. badium – entire range, except Turkey
• Trifolium badium subsp. rytidosemium (Boiss. & Hohen.) M.Hossain – Turkey, Iraq