| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Trifolium badium Schreb. trib. Trifolieae |
| Bibliography | Fl. Abbild. [J.W.Sturm] 4: 16 (1804) |
| Native Range | ec. & s. Europe to Iran |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | grassland and rocks |
| Description | stems ascendent, leaflets 10-15mm long, narrow, elliptic to deltate, stipules 10-15mm long, narrowly ovate, flowers 7-9mm long, in compact, spherical to shortly ovate heads |
| Size | 10-25cm |
| Color | dark yellow |
| Bloom | late summer |
| Ca | + |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, sunny site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C division in spring; basal cuttings in late spring and summer |
| Synonyms | Amarenus badius (Schreb.) C.Presl Chrysaspis badia (Schreb.) Greene Trifolium aureum Geners. ex Wahlenb. Trifolium badium ssp. pseudobadium (Velen.) Kožuharov Trifolium badium f. pygmaeum Bolzon Trifolium cousturieri Gand. Trifolium ponticum Albov Trifolium pseudobadium Velen. Trifolium spadiceum var. badium (Schreb.) Lapeyr. Trifolium soldeanum Barnola |
| Territory | 1 Europe 11 Middle Europe (AUT Austria, CZE Czechoslovakia, GER Germany, POL Poland, SWI Switzerland) 12 Southwestern Europe (FRA France, SPA Spain) 13 Southeastern Europe (ALB Albania, BUL Bulgaria, GRC Greece, ITA Italy, ROM Romania, YUG Yugoslavia) 14 Eastern Europe (UKR Ukraine) 3 Asia-Temperate 33 Caucasus (NCS North Caucasus, TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran, IRQ Iraq, TUR Turkey) |