- Broadleaf weed.
- All have leaves with three leaflets.
- All reproduce by seed.
White Clover
- Low growing perennial with creeping stems that root at the nodes.
- Stems are smooth to sparsely covered with hairs.
- Leaflets are elliptic to oval shaped with small marginal teeth.
- Flowers are white, often with pink tinge, arranged in round heads.
Large Hop Clover
- Winter annual with prostrate, hairy branched stems.
- Leaflets are serrated from mid-blade to tip.
- Numerous bright yellow flowers (20-30) in loose clusters on long stalks attatched at leaf axils.
- May be confused with Small Hop Clover.
Small Hop Clover
- Prostrate, freely-branched winter annual with hairy, reddish colored stems.
- Leaflets with prominent veins; the terminal leaflet with a short stalk.
- Flowers, 3 to 15, bright yellow, in heads.
- Similiar to Large Hop Clover but with smaller leaves and flower heads.
Spotted Burclover
- Winter annual with smooth, prostrate stems.
- Leaflets are wedge-shaped, as long as broad, and toothed from mid-blade to tip.
- Leaflets have a conspicuos reddish-purple spot in the center.
- Small, bright yellow flowers (2 to 5) borne in cluster.
Control Methods
- Hand Removal or Hoeing
- Herbicides:
- Preemergence - atrazine*, simazine*
* Excellent tolerance in centipede and St. Augustine grass.
Tolerance in DORMANT bermuda and zoysia at low label rates.
- Postemergence - combination of these products:
[dicamba**, MCPP**, 2,4-D**, and/or 2,4-DP**]
** Use lower rates on centipede and St. Augustine grass.
Do not use within the root zone of desirable plants, especially dicamba.
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White Clover
Large Hop Clover
Small Hop Clover
Spotted Burclover
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