3690.000 Trifolium L. - Clovers

Martins, E.S. et al. (2003) Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(7)

Description of the genus

Annual or perennial herbs. Leaves 3-foliolate. Flowers ± sessile in usually dense heads. Calyx teeth 5. Petals becoming dry and persistent after flowering. Pod small, ± enclosed in the calyx.

Worldwide: 238 species in termperate and subtropical regions excluding Australia

Zimbabwe: 2 cultivated taxa.

Insects associated with this genus:
Actizera stellata (Red-clover Blue) Larval foodplant
No image of a cultivated species but there is an image of a native or naturalised species

Links to cultivated taxa    View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus

SpeciesContent
masaiense J.B.Gillett
semipilosum Fresen.Description, Image

Other sources of information about Trifolium:

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Trifolium
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Trifolium
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Trifolium
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Trifolium
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Trifolium
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Trifolium
JSTOR Plant Science: Trifolium
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Trifolium
Plants of the World Online: Trifolium
Tropicos: Trifolium
Wikipedia: Trifolium

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-25

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2025). Flora of Zimbabwe: Cultivated plants: genus page: Trifolium.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/cult/genus.php?genus_id=719, retrieved 17 February 2025

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