Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Trifolium dubium Sibth.

Family: Fabaceae

Origin: introduced

Scientific Synonyms: Trifolium filiforme L.

Common names:

Least hop clover [Least hop-clover] (1913-1937) (5, 122)

Least hop trefoil [Least hop-trefoil] (1900-1913) (5, 158)

Shamrock (1913) (5)

Small hop clover [Small hop-clover] (1977-1986) (3, 4)

Suckling clover (1942-Present) (50, 155)

Suckling red clover (1903) (66)

True shamrock (1900) (158)

Wild trefoil (1900-1913) (5, 158)

Yellow clover (1900) (158)

Yellow suckling (1913) (5)

Yellow suckling clover (1896) (45)

Yellow trefoil (1900-1913) (5, 158)

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