| Accepted name: |
Trifolium repens L. |
| Synonym(s): |
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| English names: |
Dutch Clover
White Clover
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| French names: |
Trèfle blanc
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Rosales
Family: Fabaceae
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| OPL Code: |
HTRIRE
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
2 |
| Lifecycle: |
P |
| Source database: |
FOIBIS, June 2005-2012 |
| Floristic Affinities: |
- |
| Distribution: |
-
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| Ecosystem: |
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| Microhabitat: |
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| Ethnobotanical Notes: |
Mostly grown in mixture with grasses or other legumes for permanent pastures, formerly often as undersown crop in cereals, also used for hay or silage, rarely for green manuring, important for various livestock and for bee-keeping as honey-plant.(1)(*3)(*5) |
| Key Characters: |
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