P h o t o b y K S N P C S t a f f
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Habitat:
Old trails, traces, and roads; grazed bottomlands, streambanks, lawns, shoals, and cemeteries with native vegetation, prairies, well-drained and mesic soils, and filtered to partial light.
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Species Description:
A three-leaved, white-flowered clover confusingly similar to the familiar Dutch clover of suburban lawns.
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Phenology:
Flowering Period: Early April to late August.
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Additional Information at NatureServe
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Diagnostic Characteristics:
Stoloniferous perennial that is essentially glabrous (without hairs). Flowering stem erect with a pair of leaves on the stem beneath the flowering head. Leaflets are broadly ovate. Stipules are leafy in appearance, lanceolate to ovate. Corolla white. (Comparative data developed by Ohio Dept. Natural Resources)
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Management:
Disturbance such as ATV trails, timber removal or any activity that results in increased erosion and weed invasion will be detrimental.
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Global Range:
Formerly West Virginia to Kansas. Currently extant in limited portions of Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Missouri, and West Virginia, especially where underlain by limestones. In Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana, populations are centered around the limestone-underlain region near Cincinnati, and the Inner and Outer Bluegrass regions of northern Kentucky. Only one D-RANKED native population is known from Missouri. In West Virginia, most populations occur within Randolph, Pocahontas, and Barbour Counties, in a mountainous region of the east-central part of the state.
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Known Kentucky Occurrences:
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