Stats

Lifespan: 2-3 yrs
Size: Small
Diet: Photosynthetic
Biome: Temperate grassland
Range: Europe and Western Asia
Movement: Sessile
Breeding: Seeds
Defense: Toxins
Status: Common

About

Red clover is a short-lived perennial with distinctive globe-shaped, pinkish-red flower heads made up of dozens of tiny tubular florets, each visited by bumblebees whose long tongues can reach the nectar hidden deep inside. As a legume, it fixes nitrogen from the air into the soil through root nodule bacteria.

Life cycle

1.
seed
A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
2.
sprout
A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
3.
sapling
A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
4.
mature
Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Trifolium
Species: Trifolium pratense