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The Wildflowers

Hop Clover

Trifolium aureum

• Family: Pea (Fabaceae)
• Habitat: roadsides, waste places
• Height: 8-18 inches
• Flower size: tiny flowers in flowerheads 1/4 to 1/2 inch across
• Flower color: yellow
• Flowering time: June to September
• Origin: Eurasia

A smooth upright 4-20" plant. Some 20-40 yellow pea-like flowers are in 1/2-1" densely packed oval heads. The leaves are stalked and each of the 3 sessile leaflets is very fine-toothed. Blooms May-September in waste areas, roadsides.

The heads turn brown with age and resemble hops, accounting for the name.