Arrowleaf clover

Description:

• Annual species from the family Fabaceae with long taproot.
• Stems are erect, semi-erect and hollow.
• Leaves are large, elliptical to arrow leaf
• Plant growth habit looks like Trifolium  alexandrinum
• Flowers occur in round to oval heads, usually on long flower stalks.
• Flowers are white to rosy.

Utilization:

• In monoculture as main crop, catch crop or in mixture with annual ryegrass.

Agronomic characteristics:

• Sowing rate is 12–15 kg/ha.
• Sowing in 12.5 cm rows at depth of 2 cm in very early spring.
• Early first cutting as weed protection.
• Provides to cuttings per year.
• For seed harvest from  first  cutting.
• 1000-seed weight is 1.37 g,
• seed colour  pink to red
• 1st cut yield - 14-17 t/ha in fresh matter
• 2nd cut yield - approx. 13 t/ha in fresh matter