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ium arvense. Rabbit foot pre Haresfoot clover; Field clover; Field tri- 
folium; Stone 1 in part; Welsh clover, in part; Hard clover; Hair clover, 
Hare clover; Hare's little T un clover; Cat clover; Kitten plant; Pussy- 
wort; Gray 0 bane A 
A silky branching annual, 5 to 10 inches high, with soft, grayish oblong heads of 
flowers. ommon in old fields and on barren lands in r^ eastern and southern 
United Prata. Of little value. 
Trifolium badium. Brown clover (English); Chestnut-brown clover (German). 
A clover, native of England and northern Europe, which has some slight value as a 
forage plant in pastures. 
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Fic. 46.— Trifolium amphianthum. FIG. 47.—Alsike (Trifolium hybridum). 
Trifolium beckwithii. Beckwith's clover. 
A native of the eastern Rocky Mountain and Upper Missouri prairie regions. It has 
ing stems 4 to 9 inches high, from strong perennial creeping rootstocks. 
It is very persistent, and endures all kinds of hard usage. Being much relished 
by stock, there is a possibility that it may prove of value as a cultivated forage 
lant. The dry hay contains nearly 14 per cent of os protein. Beckwith's 
clover is highly valued by stockmen in the Northw 
Trifolium carolinianum. Carolina clover. 
A small, perennial, procumbent, tufted s widely disseminated in waste places 
ennsylvania to Florida and Tex It furnishes a small amount of forage, 
especially in the south western bite of its range. 
olium filiforme. Suckling clover; Yellow. suckling clover; Slender wo E 
Small-flowered clover; Thread clover; Slender-stalked clover; pipe x ; 
hop clover ; dem clover. 
