Before this beautiful plant blossoms, the leaves of red clover can be cooked as an alternative to spinach. The leaves can also be dried and ground into a flour that can be spread over various dishes or added to pastries, giving them a slightly vanilla note. The flowers and legumes can likewise be dried and ground. The fresh and dried flowers are also edible and make a good herbal tea. The root can even be eaten cooked.

A characteristic feature that distinguishes this clover from other red-flowering clover species is the pronounced stipules. Red clover can be found on nutrient-rich meadows.

• Edible Flowers Leaves
• Also edible Seeds Root
• Type of Fruit Legume
• Culinary Group Wild Vegetable
• Taste tart
• Trivial Names Wiesenklee, Rotklee, Red clover, Trèfle des prés
• Size (Inflorescene) 2 cm
• Taxonomy Fabaceae (Hülsenfrüchtler) Trifolium pratense
• Origin Europe, Near Asia, Mediterraneum (Map)
• Locality Gathered in Frankfurt 2018