Common Name: alsike cloverScientific Name: Trifolium hybridum L.Family Name: Fabaceae (Leguminosae) - Pea or Bean FamilyIdentification NotesLife Cycleintroduced perennial, reproducing by seed Stemsascending to upright, multiple for base, smooth or nearly so, round, not rooting at stem nodes Leavesalternate, compound trifoliate, leaflets ovate to obovate, 3 leaflets from same point, long petioles, smooth without hairs and finely toothed, no chevrons (white markings) present, pair of broadly lanceolate membranous stipules Flowers5-petaled, tubular pea-like, white becoming pink or rose with age; terminal and axillary (mostly) heads, spherical, long stalked