Springbank Clover
November 9, 2022
By Adam Huggins
Springbank Clover
Trifolium wormskjoldii
- Hul’qumi’num Name: tkwla’i’shen
- Description: Low-growing perennial herb with tripart leaves and juicy rhizomes. Pink clover flowers appear in mid-summer.
- Habitat: Estuaries, seeps, riverbanks, and moist soils.
- Harvest: The long, spaghetti-like rhizomes can be harvested in fall.
- Edibility: The rhizomes are like bean sprouts – crunchy and refreshing.
- Fun Fact: The rhizomes were traditionally stored and eaten with the long brown roots of Pacific silverweed. They were dried, bundled, and stored for winter meals.
