Scientific Name: Trifolium repens 'Atropurpureum'
Common Name: Dutch clover, Dark Dancer clover
Family Name: Fabaceae
Origin: Europe, Garden origin
Hardiness Zone: Zone 4: (-34 to -29 °C)
Plant Type: Annual
Mature Size: 0.2 - 0.4m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width)
Habit: Spreading
Form: Creeping / Mat-like
Texture: Fine
Landscape Uses: Container planting, Hanging basket
Exposure: Full sun, Part sun/part shade
Soil or Media: Humus rich, Well-drained
Leaves: Compound, Alternate, Soft flexible, Glabrous, Trifoliate (ternate), Obovate, Orbicular, Serrulate
Flowers: Raceme, White, May-Jun-Jul
Fruit: Legume, Brown, Aug-Sep
Key ID Features:
Low-growing, roots at nodes; leaves dark purple. trifoliate with light v-shaped marking on each leaflet; inflorescence oval-round, compact, head-like, umbellate, white to purple, florets tubular, 5-10mm long; legume about 5mm long with 1 to 4 seeds.