Trifolium repens L.

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Trifolium repens

Photo: Bart Wursten
Backpackers Lodge, Epworth, Harare

Trifolium repens

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Pine Tree Inn, Juliasdale

Trifolium repens

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Heaven Lodge, Chimanimani

Trifolium repens

Photo: Bart Wursten
Heaven Lodge, Chimanimani

Trifolium repens

Photo: Bart Wursten
Heaven Lodge, Chimanimani

Trifolium repens

Photo: Mark Hyde
Harare Gardens

Trifolium repens

Photo: Mark Hyde
Harare Gardens

Trifolium repens

Photo: Mark Hyde
Harare Gardens

Trifolium repens

Photo: Mark Hyde
Edge of the Racecourse on NW side

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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 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.
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(s):
Endemic status:
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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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External websites:

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


Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Zimbabwe: Species information: Trifolium repens.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=128500, retrieved 19 March 2024

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