Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fabales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Trifolium repens
FAMILY
Fabaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Check out EDDMapS.org to see where this has been reported.
Learn more about White Clover from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Trifolium repens
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-14-008:
Trifolium repens
FAMILY
Fabaceae
COMMON NAME:
White Clover, White Dutch Clover, Ladino Clover
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_trre3_001_lvd
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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.
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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.
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Tim Spira tpstrepens_clump1
April
Stems creeping and rooting at nodes, peduncles arising from prostrate stems, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm150516_068b
May Greenville County SC
Leaflets elliptic to obovate, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
COMPARE
leaves that are trifoliolate and palmately compound
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JK Marlow jkm150516_068d
May Greenville County SC
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Roxanna Martin rlm53010_490
May Spartanburg County SC
Erect stems bear one flower head or leaf, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
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JK Marlow jkm100605_003
June Greenville County SC
Can you find three four-leaved clovers in this picture?
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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).
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Roxanna Martin rlm6110_19
June Spartanburg County SC
Flowerheads on long bare stem, per www.plant-identification.co.uk
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Trifolium repens
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Trifolium repens
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-14-008:
Trifolium repens
FAMILY
Fabaceae
1540
Forb
Perennial
Non-native: Eurasia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common
Look for it in lawns, on roadsides, in disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
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:
Spring/Summer/Fall
White
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-parted papilionaceous corolla
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Legume
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p036
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p090
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry p193
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p033
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p143
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p181
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont p454
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p085
- Weeds of Southern Turfgrasses p148