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.
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.
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.
Tim Spira tpstrepens_clump1
April
Stems creeping and rooting at nodes, peduncles arising from prostrate stems, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
JK Marlow jkm150516_068b
May Greenville County SC
Leaflets elliptic to obovate, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
COMPARE
leaves that are trifoliolate and palmately compound
Roxanna Martin rlm53010_490
May Spartanburg County SC
Erect stems bear one flower head or leaf, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
JK Marlow jkm100605_003
June Greenville County SC
Can you find three four-leaved clovers in this picture?
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).
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