title: Trifolium badium
text: # Trifolium badium
  
  Trifolium badium, the brown clover or brown trefoil, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to most of mainland Europe, the Caucasus, Turkey, Iraq, and Iran. It is a locally important forage in sub-alpine pastures.
  
  ## Subtaxa
  
  The following subspecies are accepted:
  
  * Trifolium badium subsp. badium – entire range, except Turkey
  * Trifolium badium subsp. rytidosemium (Boiss. & Hohen.) M.Hossain – Turkey, Iraq
  