White clover

Trifolium repens

flower · leaf

Sweet flowers raw or steeped, young leaves cooked; in times of famine, the dried flowers were ground into flour.

Origin

Europe, widespread

Season (United States)

May to September

Preparation

The flower heads are picked fresh and white, not brown; for tea, one tablespoon of dried flowers steeps for ten minutes.

Did you know?

A four-leaf clover turns up roughly once in 5,000.