Trifolium repens L., 1753

Common names

• 🇬🇧 White Clover
• 🇫🇷 Trèfle rampant, Trèfle blanc, Trèfle de Hollande

Taxonomy

• Kingdom: Plantae
• Clade: Tracheophytes
• Clade: Angiosperms
• Clade: Eudicots
• Clade: Superrosids
• Clade: Rosids
• Clade: Fabids
• Order: Fabales
• Family: Fabaceae
• Subfamily: Faboideae
• Genus: Trifolium
• Species: Trifolium repens

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

• Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern
• Red List (Europe): LC Least Concern

Notes

The following infraspecific taxa are accepted:

• T. repens var. macrorrhizum Boiss., 1872;
• T. repens var. nevadense (Boiss.) C.Vicioso, 1953;
• T. repens var. ochranthum K.Malý ex Asch. & Graebn., 1908;
• T. repens var. orbelicum (Velen.) Fritsch, 1910;
• T. repens var. orphanideum (Boiss.) Boiss., 1872;
• T. repens var. pozzicola Briq., 1913, P;
• T. repens var. prostratum (Biasol. ex W.D.J.Koch) Schur, 1866, P (het. syn. T. repens var. biasolettii (Steud. & Hochst.) Asch. & Graebn., 1907);
• T. repens var. repens L., 1753, P.

Photographs

Sources

• Osborne, J. (2011). Trifolium repens (Europe assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2011. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/174711/7089783

• Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 753). Biotope.