Trifolium fragiferum

Strawberry clover is a perennial herb with tough roots. It typically grows about 10 cm tall but the much-branched stems can reach 40 cm in length, rooting at the nodes to form patches up to 80 cm across. The leaves are arranged alternately along the stems, with a short (15 mm) petiole and a narrow stipules at its base, about 20 mm long. Each leaf has three oval leaflets, each about 20 mm x 10 mm, with prominent veins that reach the edge of the leaflet at the tips of the pointed teeth. The whole plant is glabrous or sparsely hairy.

The inflorescences arise from the leaf axils and have numerous small flowers clustered into a round head up to about 15 mm in diameter. The peduncles are up to 20 mm long, while the pedicels of the individual flowers very short. At the base of the flowerhead are involucral bracts about 2 mm long, and at the base of each flower another tiny bract about 0.5 mm long. The flowers (corollas) are white, turning pink, 7 mm long, with 10 stamens and 1 style. The fruit is particularly distinctive; the calyx ripening to form a pinkish ball with a reticulate surface somewhat resembling a strawberry. Each fruit (of which there are many in each flowerhead) contains 2 small, brown seeds about 1.5 mm long.^[4]

Strawberry clover is cultivated as a cover crop and for hay and silage, as green manure, and as a bee plant.^[5][6] It is good for cover on flood-prone lands or areas with soil salinity. It is known as a weed in some areas.^[7] Several agricultural cultivars have been developed, including 'Salina', 'Palestine', and 'Fresa'.^[5]