Family | Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae) |
Subfamily | Faboideae |
Tribe | Trifolieae |
Scientific name | Trifolium repens L. |
Synonyms | Amoria repens (L.) C. Presl; Trifolium limonium Philippi; Trifolium nothum Steven; Trifolium repens L. var. cultum Alefeld; Trifolium repens L. var. genuinum Ascherson & Graebner; Trifolium repens L. var. giganteum Lagreze-Fossat; Trifolium repens L. var. silvestre Alefeld; Trifolium stipitatum Clos ex Gay |
Common name | (Japanese common name) shiro tsume-kusa (シロツメクサ, 白詰草 [meaning: white packing weed]) |
(English common name) white clover | |
Distribution | (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa |
(Other nations) [native] Westren Asia, Europa, Northern Africa | |
Habitat | Field, roadside, farm yard |
Chromosomal number | 2n=16, 28, 32, 48, 64 |
Description | Plants 10-20cam tall. Leaves ternate, leaflets each 1-2.2cm long, 8-18mm wide, petioles 5-15mm long. Flowers white ca. 1cm long, flowering in March to November. Perennial plants. |
Reference | Trifolium repens L. |
Trifolium repens L. | |
Trifolium repens L. | |
Note | Naturalized plants (first recorded in 1846). |
November 2006 at open field |
November 2006 at open field |
November 2006 at open field |
November 2006 at open field |