Travois has a low (decumbent) growth, aggressive root proliferation, winter hardiness, predominantly yellow variegated flowers and a large percentage of pickle shaped seed pods. Its winter hardiness is superior to most alfalfa varieties tested throughout our region. Plants of Travois have the ability to produce stem buds on laterally spreading roots. Shoots from the stem buds emerge at the soil surface and develop into young plants at distances that sometimes exceed 36 inches from the mother plant. This characteristic permits a close association between grass and legume, reduces trampling injury, thickens stand and decreases winter loss from soil heaving.