Crimson Clover *

Trifolium incarnatum

Family: Fabaceae (PEA, LEGUME).
Generic common name: CLOVER.

Location: Malibu Creek State Park: Backbone Trail, chaparral, May 2005.

Characteristics: non-Native, Red, Small, Large, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.

Cultivar probably deliberately distributed by hikers. This plant growing in the wild was dwarfed compared to typical garden examples.