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'''White clover''' (''Trifolium repens'') is a [[species]] of [[clover]] native to [[Europe]], North [[Africa]], and West [[Asia]]. It has been widely introduced worldwide as a [[pasture]] crop, and is now also common in most grassy areas of [[North America]] and New Zealand.
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It is a [[herbaceous]] [[perennial plant]]. It is low growing, with heads of whitish flowers, often with a tinge of pink or cream that may come on with the aging of the plant. The heads are generally 1.5-2 cm wide, and are at the end of 7 cm [[Peduncle (botany)|peduncles]] or flower stalks <ref name="wotn">Richard H. Uva, Joseph C. Neal and Joseph M. Ditomaso, ''Weeds of The Northeast'', (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1997), Pp. 236-237.</ref>.  The leaves, which by themselves form the symbol known as [[shamrock]], are [[trifoliolate]], smooth, elliptic to egg-shaped and [[Petiole (botany)|long-petioled]]. The stems function as [[stolon]]s, so white clover often forms mats with the stems creeping as much as 18 cm a year, and rooting at the nodes <ref name=wotn/>.
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White clover grows among turfgrass, crops, and in a large number of other landscapes.<ref name=wotn/> It is also found in a limited range of different field type environments. White clover can tolerate close mowing, and can grow on many different types and [[pH]]s of soil, but prefers [[clay]].<ref name=wotn/> It is considered to be a beneficial component of natural or organic lawn care due to its ability to [[Nitrogen fixation|fix nitrogen]] and out compete lawn weeds. Natural nitrogen fixing reduces leaching from the soil and can reduce the incidence of some lawn diseases that are enhanced by the availability of synthetic fertilizer. <ref name="Tukey">The Organic Lawn Care Manual'', Tukey, Storey Publishing. p 183.</ref>
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Trifolium repens, Linn. White Clover. Low creeping glabrous perennial: lvs. long-stalked, the lfts. obcordate and obscurely toothed, the stipules small and scale-like: heads long-peduncled from the ground, small and loose: fls. white, fragrant. Eu. and thought to be native in the northern part of the U. S. and in Canada, but naturalized everywhere.—Much used in lawns, and in some parts prized for pasture. There are forms with red and purplish foliage. This is considered by most authorities to be the shamrock of Ireland. A form of it is offered as T. minus, "the genuine Irish shamrock." See Shamrock. Var. atropurpureum, Hort., is a dwarf form: lvs. bronze, edged with bright green. Var. pentaphyllum, Hort., is a creeping rock-plant: lvs. have a bronze luster. Var. purpureum, Hort., has fine bronzy purple foliage. The species assumes many forms.
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Trifolium repens, Linn. White Clover. Fig. 3842. Low creeping glabrous perennial: lvs. long-stalked, the lfts. obcordate and obscurely toothed, the stipules small and scale-like: heads long-peduncled from the ground, small and loose: fls. white, fragrant. Eu. and thought to be native in the northern part of the U. S. and in Canada, but naturalized everywhere.—Much used in lawns, and in some parts prized for pasture. There are forms with red and purplish foliage. This is considered by most authorities to be the shamrock of Ireland. A form of it is offered as T. minus, "the genuine Irish shamrock." See Shamrock. Var. atropurpureum, Hort., is a dwarf form: lvs. bronze, edged with bright green. Var. pentaphyllum, Hort., is a creeping rock-plant: lvs. have a bronze luster. Var. purpureum, Hort., has fine bronzy purple foliage. The species assumes many forms.
 
 
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Plant Characteristics
Habit   herbaceous

Height: ⇕ 2 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 2.
Width: ⇔ 8 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 8. to 16 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 16.
Lifespan: ⌛ perennial
Bloom: ❀ early summer, mid summer, late summer
Cultivation
Exposure: ☼ sun, part-sun
Features: ✓ flowers
USDA Zones: 4 to 10
Flower features: ❀ red, pink, white
Scientific Names

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White clover (Trifolium repens) is a species of clover native to Europe, North Africa, and West Asia. It has been widely introduced worldwide as a pasture crop, and is now also common in most grassy areas of North America and New Zealand.

It is a herbaceous perennial plant. It is low growing, with heads of whitish flowers, often with a tinge of pink or cream that may come on with the aging of the plant. The heads are generally 1.5-2 cm wide, and are at the end of 7 cm peduncles or flower stalks [1]. The leaves, which by themselves form the symbol known as shamrock, are trifoliolate, smooth, elliptic to egg-shaped and long-petioled. The stems function as stolons, so white clover often forms mats with the stems creeping as much as 18 cm a year, and rooting at the nodes [1].

White clover grows among turfgrass, crops, and in a large number of other landscapes.[1] It is also found in a limited range of different field type environments. White clover can tolerate close mowing, and can grow on many different types and pHs of soil, but prefers clay.[1] It is considered to be a beneficial component of natural or organic lawn care due to its ability to fix nitrogen and out compete lawn weeds. Natural nitrogen fixing reduces leaching from the soil and can reduce the incidence of some lawn diseases that are enhanced by the availability of synthetic fertilizer. [2]


Read about Trifolium repens in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Trifolium repens, Linn. White Clover. Low creeping glabrous perennial: lvs. long-stalked, the lfts. obcordate and obscurely toothed, the stipules small and scale-like: heads long-peduncled from the ground, small and loose: fls. white, fragrant. Eu. and thought to be native in the northern part of the U. S. and in Canada, but naturalized everywhere.—Much used in lawns, and in some parts prized for pasture. There are forms with red and purplish foliage. This is considered by most authorities to be the shamrock of Ireland. A form of it is offered as T. minus, "the genuine Irish shamrock." See Shamrock. Var. atropurpureum, Hort., is a dwarf form: lvs. bronze, edged with bright green. Var. pentaphyllum, Hort., is a creeping rock-plant: lvs. have a bronze luster. Var. purpureum, Hort., has fine bronzy purple foliage. The species assumes many forms. CH


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Cultivation

Propagation

Pests and diseases

Varieties

Gallery

  • Trifolium March 2008-1.jpg
  • Trifolium repens 08 ies.jpg
  • Trifolium repens f. roseum.jpg

    Trifolium repens f. roseum

  • featured picture on commons Template:QI seal Trifolium repens
    (inflorescence)

  • TrifoliumRepens.jpg
  • Clover (Trifolium repens).jpg
  • TrifoliumRepensFlowers2.jpg
  • Trifolium-repens-total.JPG
  • Trifolia 5432.jpg
  • Trifolium-repens.jpg
  • Trefoil.jpg
  • Witte klaver bloem (1) Trifolium repens.jpg
  • Trifolium repens.jpg
  • BaltasisDobilas001.JPG
  • Trifolium repens-macro.jpg
  • Trifolium repens IP.jpg
  • Klöver.jpg

  • Trifolium pratense subsp. pratense var. maritima which is only distributed around the Baltic Sea

  • Trifolium repens2.jpg
  • Trifolium repens macro.jpg
  • Bela detelina listici.jpg
  • Bela detelina.jpg

  • seeds

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Richard H. Uva, Joseph C. Neal and Joseph M. Ditomaso, Weeds of The Northeast, (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1997), Pp. 236-237.
  2. ↑ The Organic Lawn Care Manual, Tukey, Storey Publishing. p 183.

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