OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fabales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Trifolium repens   FAMILY Fabaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Trifolium repens   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Trifolium repens

SYNONYMOUS WITH Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)

Trifolium repens

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-14-008:

Trifolium repens   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Trifolium repens

 

COMMON NAME:
White Clover, White Dutch Clover, Ladino Clover


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image of Trifolium repens, White Clover, White Dutch Clover, Ladino Clover

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_trre3_001_lvd

        

image of Trifolium repens, White Clover, White Dutch Clover, Ladino Clover

Roxanna Martin    rlm41711_298

April    Spartanburg County    SC

40-80 flowers in a nearly globose head. The standard longer than wings & keel, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Trifolium repens, White Clover, White Dutch Clover, Ladino Clover

Tim Spira    tpstrepens_closeup1

April        

Flowers white or pink-tinged. Flower stalks without leaves, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Trifolium repens, White Clover, White Dutch Clover, Ladino Clover

Tim Spira    tpstrepens_clump1

April        

Stems creeping and rooting at nodes, peduncles arising from prostrate stems, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Trifolium repens, White Clover, White Dutch Clover, Ladino Clover

JK Marlow    jkm150516_068b

May    Greenville County    SC

Leaflets elliptic to obovate, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).


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image of Trifolium repens, White Clover, White Dutch Clover, Ladino Clover

JK Marlow    jkm150516_068d

May    Greenville County    SC

image of Trifolium repens, White Clover, White Dutch Clover, Ladino Clover

Roxanna Martin    rlm53010_490

May    Spartanburg County    SC

Erect stems bear one flower head or leaf, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).

image of Trifolium repens, White Clover, White Dutch Clover, Ladino Clover

JK Marlow    jkm100605_003

June    Greenville County    SC

Can you find three four-leaved clovers in this picture?

image of Trifolium repens, White Clover, White Dutch Clover, Ladino Clover

JK Marlow    jkm180601_2661

June    Greenville County    SC

Lake Conestee Nature Park

Flowers borne on distinct pedicels. Calyx lobes narrowly triangular, per Weakley's Flora (2015).

image of Trifolium repens, White Clover, White Dutch Clover, Ladino Clover

Roxanna Martin    rlm6110_19

June    Spartanburg County    SC

Flowerheads on long bare stem, per www.plant-identification.co.uk

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Trifolium repens   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Trifolium repens   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Trifolium repens

SYNONYMOUS WITH Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Trifolium repens

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-14-008:
Trifolium repens   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Trifolium repens

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

1540

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Lawns, roadsides, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Eurasia

Common

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Invasive?

This plant may be causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:

 

LEAVES:
Palmately compound: 3 leaflets
Mostly alternate
Stipules conspicuous, persistent, & adnate to the petiole

FLOWER:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
White
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-parted papilionaceous corolla
Superior ovary

FRUIT:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Legume

 

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