Trifolium
Sign in to saveClovers, also called trefoils, are plants of the genus Trifolium (), consisting of about 300 species of flowering plants in the legume family Fabaceae originating in Europe. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution with the highest diversity in the temperate Northern Hemisphere, but many species also occur in South America and Africa, including at high altitudes on mountains in the tropics.
AI overview
Trifolium, commonly known as clover or trefoil, is a genus of about 300 flowering plant species in the legume family that originally came from Europe. These plants are now found worldwide, with the greatest variety in temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere, though many species also grow in South America, Africa, and high-altitude tropical areas.
AI-generated from the Wikipedia summary — may contain errors.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Subclass of
- useful plant
- Parent taxon
- Trifolieae
- Image
- 20160822Trifolium repens2.jpg
Show 3 more facts
- P105
- genus
- P8168
- clemastine
via Wikidata · CC0
Article
9 sectionsContents
- Cultivation history
- Cultivation
- Uses
- Symbolism
- Phylogeny
- Species
- See also
- References
- External links
Clovers, also called trefoils, are plants of the genus Trifolium (), consisting of about 300 species of flowering plants in the legume family Fabaceae originating in Europe. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution with the highest diversity in the temperate Northern Hemisphere, but many species also occur in South America and Africa, including at high altitudes on mountains in the tropics.
They are small annual, biennial, or short-lived perennial herbaceous plants, typically growing up to tall. The leaves are trifoliate (rarely, they have more or fewer than three leaflets; the more (or fewer) leaflets the leaf has, the rarer it is; see four-leaf clover), with stipules adnate to the leaf-stalk, and heads or dense spikes of small red, purple, white, or yellow flowers; the small, few-seeded pods are enclosed in the calyx. Other closely related genera often called clovers include Melilotus (sweet clover) and Medicago (alfalfa or Calvary clover).