What is the difference between clover and alfalfa greens?

Clover refers to herbaceous plants with trifoliate palmate compound leaves, and can be regarded as a general term. Alfalfa greens refers to a dish made from the young stems and leaves of purple alfalfa, also known as jinhuacai. Alfalfa greens grow taller, and their leaves are not in threes.

The difference between clover and alfalfa greens

1. Alfalfa, commonly known as jinhuacai, is a perennial flowering plant. There are many kinds of alfalfa, mostly wild herbaceous plants. Other names: biandouzi, hua alfalfa, wild alfalfa, niujiaohua, clover, lucky grass. In both appearance and effects it is very different from clover, and anyone can tell them apart with the naked eye.

2. It is a general term for many kinds of herbaceous plants with trifoliate palmate compound leaves, mainly including three groups: certain species in the Trifolium genus (considered the most authentic clover) and the Medicago genus of the Fabaceae, and the Oxalis genus of the Oxalidaceae. People customarily judge clover by its appearance, and it is still very different from the tall alfalfa.

In general, by observing the external appearance, you can directly tell their differences, and you can also observe them through other means.