DESCRIPTION
Product: Red Clover Flowers
Latin Name: Trifolium pratense
Plant Family: Fabaceae
Other Names: Trefoil, Cocksheads, Medow Trefoile, Purple Clover, Meadow Honeysuckle, Bee-Bread, Smere, Trefle des Pres, Weisenklee, Triolet, Trebol, Moscino, Cow Clover, Meadow Clover & Wild Clover.
Description: Red clover is a perennial herb that is short lived, native to Europe and Asia; it can also be found growing in parts of America and Australia. It reaches a height of 20-40cm, the leaves have long leaf stalks and are alternate and trifoliate, each of the oval shaped leaflets are 15-30mm in they are mid-green with small white crescent shaped markings in the middle of the leaflets. The flowers are a deep rose pink to purple in colour, dome shaped and 2-3cm in diameter.
SUGGESTED USE
Whole flowers can be added to pot pourri to add colour and act as a fixative due to the natural coumarin present in the plant. Whole flowers can also be pickled and eaten with salads. The flowers can be used to make wine, beer and jelly; they also make a pleasant tea or tisane. Shades of yellow dye can be obtained from the flowers, depending on the mordant used.
SHELF LIFE
Shelf life of two years provided that goods are stored in an airtight container in ambient conditions.
