This variety has been obtained by a decennial selection work, beginning with a population of Trifolium alexandrinum found in Tuscany. The aim has been to establish a variety with winter frost proof characteristics (-6/-8 C) that could adapt in a better way, than the other existing varieties, to the colder climate areas of central Italy while keeping excellent characters of productivity.
It resists well to alkaline and saline soil. It can be used in a double way: fodder/seed and is suitable for late autumnal sowing. Registered in the "Registro Nazionale delle Sementi Elette di specie agrarie" since 2005.

Use and productivity:
Trifolium alexandrinum is mainly a fodder for mowing, but good for pasture too. The most common use is consumed as pure, but can also be used as hay, using all the precautions required for Leguminosae fodder plants. Mowing has to be done when the plant begins to have its basic sprouts, from which the stalks for the next cut will originate.
The number of cuts and the production, beyond depend on pedo-climatic conditions, on the variety, on the sowing period and on the growing method, dry or irriguous. In dry growing with autumnal sowing it is possible to realize 2-3 cuts. In irriguous growing with autumnal sowing it is possible to realize 4-5 cuts. In well cared for plantations, where a double production of fodder and seed is forseen, the second cut is used to this aim. It is possible reach a production up to 10 q/ha per seed in specialized growing.