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Trifolium repens

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Trifolium repens

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Also known as Dutch clover, white clover, white Dutch clover

species of plant

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*Trifolium repens*, commonly known as white clover, is a species of perennial plant in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the genus *Trifolium* and is classified within the order Fabales, class Magnoliopsida, and phylum Tracheophyta. The species produces white or tan flowers and legume fruits. It serves as a fodder, medicinal plant, nectar source, and food plant.

The taxon range includes Shanghai, Beijing, Tianjin, and China, with native populations recorded in locations such as Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Austria, and the Baltic States. It is considered invasive to Shanghai. The IUCN Red List status for *Trifolium repens* is Least Concern, as assessed in 2011.

Synthesized by Vinony from 47 facts across 8 sources: Wikidata, GBIF, IUCN Red List, Gbif Occ, Plants of the World, WoRMS, iDigBio, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Species

Least Concern

Trifolium repens

SPECIES

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderFabales
  5. FamilyFabaceae
Native toAfghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Altay, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Buryatiya
Observations recorded1,693,584

Common Name: white clover

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
14,293
With media
10,803
Family
Fabaceae
Collections
IBUNAM, FCN-UAQ, INECOL, SEMAHN, ENCB-IPN, FC-UNAM
Recorded in
Mexico
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Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Subclass of
perennial plant
Parent taxon
Trifolium
Image
Trifolium repens - Museo Tazzetti Herbarium 101-2024.tif
Has use
fodder
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taxon rank
species
taxon name
Trifolium repens
Commons category
Trifolium repens
GRIN URL
npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=300625
Commons gallery
Trifolium repens
this taxon is source of
food plant
invasive to
Shanghai
taxon range
Guangdong
has fruit type
legume
flower color
tan
short name
T. repens
taxon common name
Carretón Blanco
taxon author citation
L.
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Encyclopedic overview

Trifolium repens, the white clover, is a herbaceous perennial plant in the bean family, Fabaceae (also known as Leguminosae).

The species is native to Eurasia and is one of the most widely cultivated types of clover. It has been widely introduced worldwide as a forage crop, and is now also common in most grassy areas of North America, Australia and New Zealand.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Trifolium repens” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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