Trifolium subterraneum L., 1753

Common names

🇬🇧 Subterranean Clover
🇫🇷 Trèfle souterrain, Trèfle semeur, Trèfle enterreur

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 subterraneum

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. subterraneum subsp. oxaloides Bunge ex Nyman, 1878, P (het. syn. T. subterraneum var. flagelliforme Guss., 1854);
T. subterraneum subsp. subterraneum L., 1753, P.

Photographs

img/trifolium-subterraneum.webp — Trifolium subterraneum

img/trifolium-subterraneum-2.webp — Trifolium subterraneum

img/trifolium-subterraneum-3.webp — Trifolium subterraneum

Sources

Osborne, J. (2011). Trifolium subterraneum (Europe assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2011. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/176372/7227933
Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 751). Biotope.