Low Hop Clover

Trifolium campestre

Found in roadsides, fields, lawns, disturbed areas. FloraQuest, phone app (app page) What its natural habitat tells you

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Not native

Not native to Florida. How scores work Is it native here?

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Height: 6–10 inches
Light: Full sun
Soil moisture: Dry to moist

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At a glance

Life cycle: Annual or biennial
Bloom: February to October

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Not yet recorded · Spread · Leaves

Recorded in 32 Florida counties.

Natural habitats

Places it grows wild. Not a planting requirement. Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground

Ground opened by people: roadsides, old fields, pastures, fencerows and lots.

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Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

What these records mean

95CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including FL

Genus host records with ranges including FL · Trifolium

Abaeis nicippeSleepy Orange, Sleepy Yellow, Erratic Orange
Achyra rantalisGarden Webworm Moth
Acrolophus arcanellaGrass Tubeworm Moth
Acrolophus moraDark Grass-Tubeworm
Acrolophus plumifrontellaEastern Grass Tubeworm
Acrolophus popeanellaClemen's Grass Tubeworm
Acronicta oblinitaSmeared Dagger
Agrotis gladiariaSwordsman Dart, Clay-Backed Cut-Worm
Agrotis ipsilonIpsilon Dart, Black Cutworm, Greasy Cutworm
Agrotis malefidaRascal Dart, Pale-Sided Cut-Worm, Shagreened Cut-Worm

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Agrotis venerabilisVenerable Dart, Dusky Cut-Worm
Anagrapha falciferaCelery Looper Moth
Anavitrinella pampinariaCommon Gray, Cranberry Spanworm
Anicla infectaGreen Cutworm Moth
Anticarsia gemmatalisVelvetbean Caterpillar Moth
Apantesis naisNais Tiger Moth
Apantesis phalerataHarnessed Moth
Apantesis phylliraPhyllira Tiger Moth
Aristotelia roseosuffusellaPink-Washed Aristotelia
Automeris ioIo Moth
Bleptina caradrinalisBent-Winged Owlet, Variable Snout
Caenurgina crassiusculaForage Looper Moth, Clover Looper, Range Grass Moth
Caenurgina erechteaClover Looper Moth, Common Grass Moth, Forage Looper
Cecropterus bathyllusSouthern Cloudywing
Cecropterus pyladesNorthern Cloudywing
Choephora fungorumBent-Line Dart
Choristoneura rosaceanaOblique-Banded Leafroller Moth, Rosaceous Leaf Roller
Coelostathma discopunctanaThe Batman Moth
Colias eurythemeOrange Sulphur, Alfalfa Butterfly
Colias philodiceClouded Sulphur, Clover Butterfly
Cupido comyntasEastern Tailed-Blue
Dargida diffusaWheat Head Armywotm Moth
Ectropis crepusculariaThe Small Engrailed, Saddleback Looper
Elaphria grataGrateful Midget
Erastria colorariaBroad-Lined Erastria
Estigmene acreaSalt Marsh Moth, Acrea Moth
Euclidia cuspideaToothed Somberwing
Eurema dairaBarred Yellow, Barred Sulphur
Eusarca confusariaConfused Eusarca
Euxoa auxiliarisArmy Cut-Worm, Army Cutworm
Feltia jaculiferaDingy Cutworm
Feltia manifestaAdobe Dart, Obvious
Feltia subterraneaSubterranean Dart, Granulate Cutworm
Haematopis gratariaChickweed Geometer
Helicoverpa zeaCorn Earworm Moth
Hemeroplanis scopulepesVariable Tropic
Herpetogramma pertextalisBold-Feathered Grass Moth
Hypena scabraGreen Cloverworm Bomolocha, Black Snout
Hyphantria cuneaFall Webworm
Idaea furciferataNotch-Winged Wave
Idaea obfusariaRippled Wave
Idaea tacturataDot-Lined Wave
Iridopsis humariaSmall Purplish Gray
Lacinipolia explicataExplicit Groundcat, Explicit Arches
Lacinipolia meditataThe Thinker
Lacinipolia renigeraBristly Ground Cat, Bristly Cutworm Moth, Kidney Spotted "Mamestra"
Lobocleta ossulariaDrab Brown Wave
Macrochilo litophoraAngulate Fan-Foot, Brown-Lined Owlet
Megalographa bilobaBilobed Looper Moth
Mythimna unipunctaArmyworm Moth, White Speck
Nomophila nearcticaLucerne Moth, American Celery Webworm
Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-Marked Tussock Moth
Pandemis limitataThree-Lined Leafroller Moth
Phalaenostola larentioidesBlack-Banded Owlet, Black-Banded Phalaenostola
Phoebis sennaeCloudless Sulphur
Platynota flavedanaBlack-Shaded Platynota
Platynota idaeusalisTufted Apple-Bud Moth
Platynota stultanaOmnivorous Leafroller
Protolampra brunneicollisBrown-Collared Dart
Pyrisitia lisaLittle Yellow, Little Sulphur, Lisa Yellow
Pyrrharctia isabellaIsabella Tiger Moth, Banded Woolybear
Rachiplusia ouGray Looper
Renia factiosalisSociable Renia, Undulate Renia, Dark-Banded Renia
Schinia jaguarinaJaguar Flower Moth
Scopula aemulataRival Wave
Scopula inductataSoft-Lined Wave
Scopula limboundataLarge Lace-Border
Sparganothis sulfureanaSparganothis Fruitworm Moth, Sulfur Leafroller, False Yellow-Head
Spilosoma virginicaVirginian Tiger Moth, Yellow Woolybear Moth, Yellow Bear
Spodoptera dolichosSweetpotato Armyworm, Dolichos Armyworm, Large Cotton Armyworm
Spodoptera eridaniaSouthern Armyworm Moth
Spodoptera frugiperdaFall Armyworm Moth
Strymon melinusGray Hairstreak
Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformisEvergreen Bagworm Moth
Trichoplusia niNi Moth, Cabbage Looper Moth
Trichopolia oviducaRuddy Quaker
Trichordestra legitimaStriped Garden Caterpillar Moth
Udea rubigalisCelery Leaftier
Vanessa carduiPainted Lady, Cosmopolite
Xestia dolosaGreater Black-Letter Dart, Greater Spotted Cutworm
Zeiraphera claypoleanaBuckeye Petiole Borer
Zerene cesoniaSouthern Dogface
Dichomeris acuminatus
Omiodes simialis
Xenotemna pallorana

Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)

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2Specialist beesPollen specialists

Pollen specialists · Trifolium

Calliopsis micheneri
Megachile melanophaea

Smith, Bachelder, Russell, Morales, Mosher & Seltmann 2024, Bee-Specialization-Modeling v0.6.1 (specialist host table compiled from J. Fowler's pollen specialist bee lists), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0

24BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim

Recorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim · Trifolium

Ammospiza leconteiiLeConte's Sparrow
Anser caerulescensSnow Goose
Anthus rubescensAmerican Pipit
Bonasa umbellusRuffed Grouse
Branta canadensisCanada Goose
Calcarius pictusSmith's Longspur
Callipepla californicaCalifornia Quail
Centrocercus urophasianusGreater Sage-Grouse
Dendragapus obscurusDusky Grouse
Falcipennis canadensisSpruce Grouse

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Junco hyemalisDark-eyed Junco
Lagopus lagopusWillow Ptarmigan
Lagopus leucuraWhite-tailed Ptarmigan
Mareca americanaAmerican Wigeon
Meleagris gallopavoWild Turkey
Melozone crissalisCalifornia Towhee
Oreortyx pictusMountain Quail
Ortalis vetulaPlain Chachalaca
Perdix perdixGray Partridge
Pipilo maculatusSpotted Towhee
Plectrophenax nivalisSnow Bunting
Tympanuchus phasianellusSharp-tailed Grouse
Zonotrichia atricapillaGolden-crowned Sparrow
Zonotrichia leucophrysWhite-crowned Sparrow

Hurlbert, Olsen, Sawyer & Winner 2021, Avian Diet Database, Scientific Data 8: 260 (CC0)

Direct food only: birds recorded eating this genus across North America. Caterpillars on host plants also feed nesting birds. NC Native Plant Society: butterfly gardening

Growing and identification

Plant details

Family: Fabaceae

Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.

Growing sources and scope

Bloom · “February to October” · FloraQuest: Carolinas, Georgia (Southeastern Flora Team), phone app (app page) · Carolinas and Georgia
Height · “6–10 inches” · Minnesota Wildflowers
Life cycle · “Annual or biennial” · Minnesota Wildflowers
Light · “Full sun (documented habitat)” · FloraQuest: Carolinas, Georgia (Southeastern Flora Team), phone app (app page) · Carolinas and Georgia
Soil · “Dry; Moist (documented habitat)” · FloraQuest: Carolinas, Georgia (Southeastern Flora Team), phone app (app page) · Carolinas and Georgia

Conservation status

Florida rank	SNA
Global rank	GNR
FL status	Not verified
Federal status	Not verified

Conservation source Global and federal source

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