Hare's-foot clover

Short Description

Hare's-foot clover can grow to a height of 40 cm.

The leaves grow alternately on the stem. They are divided into three leaflets (trifoliate). The three individual leaflets are lance-shaped to oval.

The stem is upright and frequently highly branched. It is covered in fine woolly hairs.

The small flowers are densely clustered in globular flower heads. The colour is due to the long, shaggily haired reddish sepals. Each individual floret has only a single mirror axis (mirror-symmetric). The flower consists of five white petals. The large upper petal protrudes upwards. The two lower petals form a hollow boat that surrounds the anthers and pistil.

he fruit is a capsule containing one or two seeds.

In the city

Hare's-foot clover can frequently be found in towns in nutrient-poor grassland or wasteland. It prefers dry, sunny sites on nutrient-poor sandy soil. Most soils influenced by humans tend to have a high nutrient content and thus are unsuitable for this plant. For that reason, hare’s-foot clover is becoming increasingly rare in towns.