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Trifolium repens

(Creeping White Clover)

Interesting Facts

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Common Names

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Common Names in Armenian:

Ereknuk Sokhaunkh

Common Names in Chinese:

Bai Che Zhou Cao, Bai Che Zhou Cao (Medicinal Name), Bai Hua San Ye Cao, Bai San Ye Cao, San Xiao Cao (Medicinal Name), Shu Cao (Taiwan)

Common Names in Danish:

Hvid-Kløver, Hvidkløver

Common Names in Dutch:

Witte Klaver

Common Names in English:

Carret¢n, Creeping White Clover, Dutch Clover, Honeysuckle Clover, Ladino Clover, Tr‚bol, Tr‚bol Amargo, Tr‚bol Blanco, Tr‚bol Rastrero, White Clover, White Dutch Clover

Common Names in Estonian:

Valge Ristik

Common Names in Finnish:

Valkea-Apila, Valkoapila

Common Names in French:

Trèfle Blanc, Trèfle Rampant

Common Names in Georgian:

Tetri Samkuri

Common Names in German:

Kriechender Klee, Kriechender Weiss-Klee, Lämmer-Klee, Weißklee, Weiss-Klee, Weissklee

Common Names in Hebrew:

Tiltan Zochel

Common Names in Italian:

Trifoglio Bianco

Common Names in Japanese:

Oranda Genge, Shiro Kurooba, Shiro Kuroobaa, Shiro Tsume Kusa

Common Names in Komi:

Edzhyg Bobyo Nan

Common Names in Latvian:

Baltais Abolins

Common Names in Lithuanian:

Baltais Dobilas

Common Names in Malay:

Semanggi Landa (Java)

Common Names in Moldavian:

Trifoi Alb

Common Names in Mong:

Melkhes Khoshoongor

Common Names in Norwegian:

Hvitkløver

Common Names in Portuguese:

Trevo-Branco

Common Names in Romanian:

Trifoi Alb

Common Names in Russian:

Amoriya Polzuchaya, Klever Belyi, Klever Polzuchi, Klever Polzuchii

Common Names in Spanish:

Trébol Amargo, Trébol Blanco, Trébol De Holanda, Trébol Rastrero

Common Names in Swedish:

Vitklöver

Common Names in Thai:

Thua Clover

Common Names in Turkana:

Ak Dushpes-Mede

Common Names in Ukranian:

Konyushina Povzucha

Description

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Subfamily Faboideae

Mostly herbs, shrubs , or trees . Leaves pinnate or palmate to trifoliolate or apparently simple . Corolla usually, showy, zygomorphic, the petals imbricate, posterior (upper or banner ) petal outermost in bud. Stamens 10 or 9 + 1 (diadelphous ), not showy. Pollen released in monads . Seeds with u-shaped line (pleurogram) lacking. [Carr]

Genus Trifolium

Annual or perennial herbs. Leaf trifoliolate , rarely (not in the local species) digitately 5-9-foliolate, leaflets mostly dentate ; stipules adnate to petiole . Inflorescence a sessile or pedunculate head or short raceme or solitary. Bracts present or absent. Calyx variable, accrescent or inflated , teeth equal or unequal. Corolla pink, red to purple, white or yellow, persistent . Stamens diadelphous , 9+1, vexillary stamens free , anthers uniform . Ovary with few ovules, style incurved , stigma capitate. Fruit usually included in calyx, often indehiscent, 1-2 (-12) -seeded.

A genus with about 300 species, distributed in temperate regions with centres of distribution in the Mediterranean region, Ethiopia, California and Chile; locally represented by 8 species, including 4 introduced species .[1]

Physical Description

Habit: HerbClimbing: Not ClimbingGrowth Form: StoloniferousShape and Orientation: Prostrate

Flowers: Bloom Period: IndeterminateFlower Color: White • Flower Conspicuous: Yes

Seeds: Seed per Pound: 776000 • Seed Spread Rate: Moderate • Seedling Vigor: Medium • Fruit/Seed Abundance: Medium • Fruit/Seed Color: Brown • Fruit/Seed Conspicuous: No • Cold Stratification Required: No

Foliage: Foliage Color: Green • Foliage Porosity Summer: Moderate • Foliage Porosity Winter: Moderate • Foliage Texture: Medium • Fall Conspicuous: No • Leaf Retention: No

Size/Age/Growth

Active Growth Period: Year Round • Growth Rate: Moderate • After Harvest Regrowth Rate: Moderate • Mature Height (feet): 2.0 • Size: under 6" tall. • Vegetative Spread Rate: Moderate • Lifespan: Lifespan

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 5,271 meters (0 to 17,293 feet).[2]

Biology

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Reproduction

Duration: PerennialCoppice Potential: No • Progagated by Bulbs: No • Propagated by Bare Root: No • Propagated by Container: No • Propagated by Corms: No • Propagated by Cuttings: No • Propagated by Seed: Yes • Propagated by Sod: No • Propagated by Sprigs: Yes • Propagated by Tubers: No • Fruit/Seed Period Begin: Year Round • Fruit/Seed Period End: Year Round • Fruit/Seed Persistence: Yes

Growth

Culture: Space 6-9" apart.

Soil: Adapted to Medium Textured: Adapted to Medium Textured Soils • Adapted to Coarse Textured Soils: Yes • Anaerobic Tolerance: Low • Salinity Tolerance: Low • CaCO3 Tolerance: Medium • Minimum pH: 6.0 • Maximum pH: 7.0 • Fertility Requirement: Medium

Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Sun to Partial Shade. • Shade Tolerance: Intermediate

Moisture: Drought Tolerance: Medium • Minimum Precipitation: 40 • Maximum Precipitation: 100 • Moisture Use: Medium

Temperature: Minimum Temperature (F): 22 • Minimum Frost Free Days: 250 • Cold Hardiness: 4a, 4b, 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a. (map)

Taxonomy

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Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Roskov Y.R., 2005-2006

Place of publication : Sp. pl. 2:767. 1753

Name verified on 26-Mar-2007 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 26-Mar-2007

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Trifolium

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 1046 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

T. 0~0~0~0~con · T. abbreviatum · T. absadami · T. abyssinicum · T. acaule · T. aciculare · T. acutiflorum · T. adscendens · T. adulterinum · T. affine · T. africanum (African Clover) · T. agrarium · T. agrestinum · T. aintabense (Aintab Clover) · T. albapurpureum · T. albens · T. albiceps · T. albidum · T. albopupureum · T. albopurpureaum · T. albopurpureum (Common Indian Clover) · T. album · T. alexandrinum (Alexandrinischer Klee) · T. alexandrinum var. serotinum · T. alexandrinus · T. alexandrium · T. alopecuroides · T. alpestre (Purple Globe Clover) · T. alpestre var. alpestre · T. alpestre var. durmitoreum · T. alpicola · T. alpicolum · T. alpinum (Alpen Klee) · T. altissimum · T. amabile (Aztec Clover) · T. amabile var. amabile · T. amabile var. hemsleyi · T. amabile var. longifoliolum · T. amabile var. longifolium · T. amabile var. mexicanum · T. amabile var. pedicellaris · T. ambiguum (Caucasian Clover) · T. ambiquum · T. amoenum · T. amphianthum · T. amphicarpum · T. amplectens · T. ampulescens · T. anatolicum · T. andersonii (Anderson´s Clover) · T. andersonii beatleyae · T. andersonii beatleyae var. beatleyae (Anderson´s Clover) · T. andersonii friscanum · T. andersonii monoense var. monoense (Anderson´s Clover) · T. andersonii var. friscanum · T. andinum (Intermountain Clover) · T. andinum Nutt. var. podocephalum Barneby · T. andinum var. andinum · T. andrewsii · T. andricum · T. anemophilum · T. anemophilum anemophilum · T. angulatum · T. angustifolium (Narrowleaf Crimson Clover) · T. ankaratrense · T. anodon · T. anomalum · T. antucoense · T. antucoensis · T. apertum (Open Clover) · T. appendiculatum · T. apulum · T. arachnoideum · T. arcuatum · T. arcuatum arcuatum · T. arenivagum · T. argentinense · T. argutum · T. aristatum · T. arizonicum lacerum · T. armeniacum · T. armenium · T. arrectisetum · T. arvense (Rabbit´s Foot Clover) · T. arvense gracile · T. arvernense · T. arvicolum · T. asperulum · T. atlanticum · T. atropurpureum · T. atrorubens · T. atrorubens atrorubens · T. attenuatum (Rocky Mountain Clover) · T. aucheri · T. aurantiacum · T. aureum (Large Hop Trefoil) · T. axillare · T. baccarinii · T. badium (Brown Clover) · T. baeticum

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Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 11, 2007:

Identifiers

Footnotes

  1. "Trifolium". in Flora of Pakistan Page 284. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
  2. Mean = 267.510 meters (877.657 feet), Standard Deviation = 402.560 based on 20,000 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
Last Revised: 7/2/2009