Trifolium repens




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