- Description:
Stems are stiffly erect. Leaves have three ovate leaflets that are 1-2 inches long. Small,
cream to yellowish-white flowers are clustered at the tops of the plants.
- Comments:
Flowers are not showy. Mature clusters of persistent, reddish-brown, outer-flower
“capsules” catch the eye. Leaves are often covered in fine, silvery hair, giving
them a noticeable luster. This native legume produces high protein forage palatable to
livestock. It is a decreaser on native ranges. Upland game birds, song birds and small
mammals use the seeds for food. Caterpillars of the eastern tailed-blue butterfly feed on
the foliage. Round-head Bush-clover grows on open prairies in the eastern half of Kansas.
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