Gland Clover

Gland Clover

Gland Clover
 
Trifolium glanduliferum
 
Erect or semi-erect, branched, self-regenerating annual pasture legume forms dense swards to about 40 or 50cm tall. Smooth and green hairless leaflets and stems with some reddening on the upper surface. Many-flowered heads, individual flowers are pinkish-white in colour initially and turn a deeper pinkish-mauve colour with maturity.
 
Pros
    	
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    Grows in a range of soil types
    	
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    Suited to low rainfall environments
    	
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    Moderate tolerance of waterlogging.
    	
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    Excellent regeneration
    	
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    Easy to harvest for hay or silage.
    	
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    Ease of seed production 
    	
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    Hard seed so protected premature germination.
    	
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    Compatible with other annual legumes in mixtures.
    	
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    Low levels of coumarin in the plant.
    	
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    Rainfall 350 - 600 mm annually with mostly autumn-winter-spring distribution and relatively little in summer.
    	
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    Likes well-drained to slightly waterlogged soils with a range of soil textures, and soil conditions from pH 4.5 to 8.0. Not suited to poor, infertile sands.
    	
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    Tolerant frosts to -4 or -5o C.
    	
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    Used in mixed pasture grazing and hay.
    	
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    Small seed should be sown no more than 0.5 cm deep.
    	
 
Cons
    	
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    Susceptible to competition from more vigorous species during the establishment 
    	
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    Need to restrict grazing during flowering 
    	

 
Sowing
1 to 2 Kg/ha in mixtures with other pasture legumes.