LEGUMINOSjE 



for planting at high altitudes and latitudes, 

 a honey plant. 



435 

 It is prized as 



TRIFOLIUM mCARNATUM (Crimson, Scarlet, or Italian Clover) 



Description. — This is an erect, soft-hairy annual, 6 to 

 36 inches high. The leaves are long petioled; the stipules 

 are broad and with dark purple margins; the leaflets are 



Fig. 183. — A, stipules of alsike clover (Trifolium hybridum); B, leaf of 

 yellow sweet clover (Melilotus alba) ; C, leaf of crimson clover (T. incarnatum) ; 

 D, leal of common red clover (T. pratense); E, leaf of alfalfa (Medicago 

 sativa) . 



almost sessile, and obovate or obcordate. The inflorescence 

 is a terminal, dense, elongated, spike-like head (Fig. 184). 

 The flowers are bright crimson (rarely white, yellow, rose or 

 variegated) and showy. The seed is shiny when fresh^and 

 pinkish in color. 



