Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
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Learn more about White Clover from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fabales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Trifolium repens
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Trifolium repens
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-14-008:
Trifolium repens
FAMILY
Fabaceae
COMMON NAME:
White Clover, White Dutch Clover, Ladino Clover
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_trre3_001_lvd
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Roxanna Martin rlm41711_298
April Spartanburg County SC
40-80 flowers in a nearly globose head. The standard longer than wings & keel, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Tim Spira tpstrepens_closeup1
April
Flowers white or pink-tinged. Flower stalks without leaves, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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Tim Spira tpstrepens_clump1
April
Stems creeping and rooting at nodes, peduncles arising from prostrate stems, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm150516_068b
May Greenville County SC
Leaflets elliptic to obovate, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
COMPARE
leaves that are trifoliolate and palmately compound
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JK Marlow jkm150516_068d
May Greenville County SC
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Roxanna Martin rlm53010_490
May Spartanburg County SC
Erect stems bear one flower head or leaf, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
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JK Marlow jkm100605_003
June Greenville County SC
Can you find three four-leaved clovers in this picture?
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JK Marlow jkm180601_2661
June Greenville County SC
Lake Conestee Nature Park
Flowers borne on distinct pedicels. Calyx lobes narrowly triangular, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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Roxanna Martin rlm6110_19
June Spartanburg County SC
Flowerheads on long bare stem, per www.plant-identification.co.uk