Often walking on the meadows, we meet with extraordinarily beautiful flowers. One of them is clover.
In our article we consider the most common types of it and give their description.
Meadow (red)
The meadow clover is the brightest representative of family Bean. It is represented by a two-year or a perennial shrub that has complex triple leaflets and wide stipules of triangular shape. Flowers of small size, moth type, are presented in the form of spherical purple or red heads. Some leaves of trifoliate leaves are covered with white spots. Plant height ranges from 15 to 60 cm.
The family of legumes also include peanuts, sainfoin, peas, beans, vetch, shrub bladder, sweet peas.
Important! If you decide to make a "carpet" of clover at your summer cottage, for planting it is better to choose a slightly acidic soil, which you should further moisturize in the future. Without abundant watering shrub quickly die.The flowering period falls in May and June. Most often meadow shrubs can be found on meadows, forest edges, and meadows.
Creeping (white)
Creeping clover is a small perennial grassy shrub with creeping shoots, complex trifoliate leaves, and leaflets are obovoid. Flowers have a small size, butterfly type, combined in white heads, like a ball. Plant height is 10-25 cm. 
Flowering bushes begins in May and ends in August. You can meet him in the meadows, fields, near the roads.
To create a beautiful aesthetic lawn, gardeners often opt for a crawling clover. In addition to it, other lawn grasses are also used: meadow grass, meadow fescue, stylope mshank, red fescue.
Swollen
This species is represented by a perennial herbaceous plant, whose height ranges from 15 to 25 cm. The stipules have an ovate-lanceolate form, the leaves are located on the petioles. 
The inflorescence is a head, the flowers are painted pink, their length is 1.1-1.4 cm. The plant has a tubular cup. Most often, you can find this species in the steppe, foothills, can grow with other shrubs.
Alpine
This type of plant has a strong root that penetrates deep into the ground. Plant height is up to 50 cm, the stems are upright. Alpine shrubs possess large stipules. Clover leaves have three leaves, which are mounted on short petioles.
Did you know? The clover clover image is the national emblem of Ireland. In the same country, it is registered as the official trademark of the Republic of Ireland.
Small flowers are collected in inflorescences of 60-120 pieces.The flowering period falls on June-July. Ideal for the growth of shrubs fertile dry soil, it also grows well on loamy soil.
Pashen
People call it a seals. It is represented by a one-year shaggy-bushy bush, which has a straight, thin stalk. The foliage has a rather complex structure, triple, has linearly oblong finely toothed leaflets. It has single heads, painted in pale pink color, spherical or oblong. Plant height is from 5 to 30 cm. 
Flowering bush in June and July. Most often it can be found on a meadow or a field with sandy soil.
Cup clock
Types of clover are quite diverse, but quite often there is cup-bearing. The height of its stem is 30-50 cm. I have long petioles with 3 leaves on them. Leaf shape is obovoid or elliptical. 
The inflorescence is represented by a head located on the legs, the length of which is 3-7 cm. There are 5-12 flowers in each inflorescence. The corolla has a pale pink color. The fruits of the herb are beans that have 2 seeds.
Many-leaved
Grass clover of this species is represented by a perennial herb. It has a taproot, has a small number of flowering stems, the height of which is from 5 to 20 cm. 
Important! If you decide to store dried clover - you can do this for no more than a year. After this period, it loses its beneficial properties, and sometimes it can hurt.The leaves have long petioles, linear or narrow-lanceolate form. Their length is 1-2 cm, and width 0.2-0.5 cm.
A plant with apical inflorescence, shaped like an umbrella. The length of the peduncle is 2-3 mm. The cup is colored lilac or reddish. The many-leaved clover has large flowers up to 2.5 cm. The grass blooms in July.
Mountain
The shrub has a core root system, the height of the plant is from 20 to 60 cm. 
Stipules have an egg-shaped, leathery structure. The foliage is located on the petioles, has an elliptical shape.
The inflorescence is represented by the head, usually there are 2 of them on the stem. Flower size is 7-9 mm, the location of their location - the sinuses of the bracts. The countries where clover grows are Turkey, Armenia, Georgia, Kazakhstan.
Burdock
The height of this type of grass is from 10 to 40 cm. It has branched or deviated branches. 
On the petioles of the leaves are tough hairs, the length of which is much less than on the leaves below. Lower stipules have a linear-lanceolate form, pointed ends.
Inflorescence is represented by the head. The cup has a tubular or reverse conical shape. Fruits are beans, having one seed, painted in brown. The plant blooms in May, fruiting occurs in June.
Hybrid (pink)
This species is represented by a perennial grassy shrub that has a rising stem. The pink bush possesses complex, trifoliate leaves. The shape of the flower heads is spherical, they are painted in pink and white. Plant height is from 30 to 80 cm.
Did you know? Clover with three leaves is considered a symbol of the Christian Trinity. But the quatrefoil, according to popular belief, brings misfortune to its owner.Flowering bushes begins in June and lasts all summer - until August.
After reading the article, you learned what plant family the clover belongs to, what kinds of plants can be found on the meadows and fields. Clover is a beautiful grass that will be a wonderful addition not only to a field bouquet, but also bring many benefits as a medicinal plant.
