#12. This wildflower is Purple Clover. Its scientific name is Trifolium pratense.

Clovers usually live in open, sunny places such as fields or yards.

Clover flowers contain a lot of nectar, so they are frequently used by honey bees to make a very tasty honey. Secondly, the leaves are high in protein, so they are a favorite food of grazing animals. Thirdly, clovers all have nitrogen-fixing bacteria in the roots, so they help enrich the soil so that other, bigger plants might be able to live there.