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Trifolium repens
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Backpackers Lodge, Epworth, Harare
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| Synonyms: | |
| Common names: | White clover (English) |
| Frequency: | Frequent in the E Highlands, local elsewhere |
| Status: | Introduced |
| Description: |
Perennial herb with stems creeping and rooting at the nodes (hence forming extensive patches). Leaflets 3(-4), obovate or obcordate, with a whitish angled band near the base, borne on a long (-14 cm) petiole. Flowers white, borne in heads. Calyx-tube white with green veins; teeth triangular. Pedicels deflexed after flowering. Pod 3-6-seeded. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | repens: creeping |
| Habitat: | Lawns and roadside verges |
| Altitude range: (metres) | |
| Flowering time: | Sep - Apr |
| Worldwide distribution: | Native of Europe, N and W Asia and N Africa; widely naturalised elsewhere. |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | W,C,E |
| Growth form: | P |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects (whose larvae eat this species): | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
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African Plant Database: Trifolium repensBiodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Trifolium repens
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Trifolium repens
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Trifolium repens
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Trifolium repens
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GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Trifolium repens
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Trifolium repens
JSTOR Plant Science: Trifolium repens
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Trifolium repens
Tropicos: Trifolium repens
West African Plants database: Trifolium repens
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