[Named from Alsike near Upsala in Sweden, mentioned by Linnæus as a habitat of this plant.] A species of clover, Trifolium hybridum.
1852. Lawson, Veg. Prod. Scotl., 68. Trifolium hybridum is now well known as Alsike Clover.
1881. Daily News, 17 Sept., 3/4. (Seed-market) Alsike, white, and trefoil, also continue exceedingly steady.
