''Trifolium ambiguum'', the kura clover or Caucasian clover, is a species of flowering plant in the family
.
It is native to
Ukraine
Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...
,
Crimea
Crimea, crh, Къырым, Qırım, grc, Κιμμερία / Ταυρική, translit=Kimmería / Taurikḗ ( ) is a peninsula in Ukraine, on the northern coast of the Black Sea, that has been occupied by Russia since 2014. It has a pop ...
, south European Russia, the
northern Caucasus
The North Caucasus, ( ady, Темыр Къафкъас, Temır Qafqas; kbd, Ишхъэрэ Къаукъаз, İṩxhərə Qauqaz; ce, Къилбаседа Кавказ, Q̇ilbaseda Kavkaz; , os, Цӕгат Кавказ, Cægat Kavkaz, inh, ...
, Turkey, Iraq, and Iran, and has been introduced to New South Wales.
Planted for
forage
Forage is a plant material (mainly plant leaves and stems) eaten by grazing livestock. Historically, the term ''forage'' has meant only plants eaten by the animals directly as pasture, crop residue, or immature cereal crops, but it is also used m ...
, once established it is tolerant of close grazing, and is also useful for honey production.
References
ambiguum
Forages
Flora of the Crimean Peninsula
Flora of Ukraine
Flora of South European Russia
Flora of the North Caucasus
Flora of Turkey
Flora of Iraq
Flora of Iran
Plants described in 1808
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