White clover (Trifolium repens)

White clover (Trifolium repens)


Description
White clover is a small herb, perennial, herbaceous, glabra, with prostrate stems, from which roots start. Trifoliate leaves are often spotted with white pigment or a darker stain, placed on a long petiole. On the strain, at the base of the petiole, membranous stipes are found, pointed at the tip, yellowish white, with green and lilac nervatures. The flowers are white or slightly pink in color, as they bloom they turn brown. They are arranged in globular capitules, placed on top of straight stems, longer than the leaves. It blooms from May through September. It grows in cultivated places, orchards and meadows.

Harvest
Flower heads without stems are picked in the early blooming stage.


Drying Mode
Clover flowers are dried naturally, in sunlight, or in ventilated places. Artificial drying is done at a temperature of 35-40 degrees C. From 4-5 kg ​of ​fresh flowers you can obtain 1 kg of dried product.


Uses
As tea, it is used for colds, the flu.




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