Trifolium repens
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Backpackers Lodge, Epworth, Harare
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Pine Tree Inn, Juliasdale
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Heaven Lodge, Chimanimani
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Heaven Lodge, Chimanimani
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Heaven Lodge, Chimanimani
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Harare Gardens
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Harare Gardens
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Harare Gardens
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Edge of the Racecourse on NW side
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| 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 borne in spherical heads, white, more or less tinged purplish at the base. Calyx-tube white with green veins; teeth triangular. Pedicels deflexed after flowering. Pod 3-6-seeded. |
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| 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. |
| FZ divisions: | W,C,E |
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| Endemic status: | |
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| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Monday 14 January 2019 |
| Literature: |
Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 56. As Trifolium burchellianum burchellianum Drummond, R.B. (1972). A list of Rhodesian Legumes. Kirkia 8(2) Page 228. Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 52. Martins, E.S. et al. (2003). Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(7) Pages 50 - 51. |
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