Common name
English: Red Clover
German: Rotklee, Wiesen-Klee
Mandarin: 红车轴草 (hong che zhou cao)
Portuguese: Pé-De-Lebre
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)
Order: Fabales (244)
Family: Fabaceae (244)(family description)
Genus: Trifolium (8)
Epithet: pratense L. (3)
Synonyms: Trifolium borysthenicum Gruner, Trifolium bracteatum Schousboe, Trifolium lenkoranicum (Grossh.) Roskov, Trifolium ukrainicum Opperman
bracteatum => having prominent bracts
pratense => growing in meadows
ukrainicum => from the Ukraine
Characteristics
Climate: temperate
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: herb
Flower colour: purple, violet
External links
Check for Trifolium pratense at
World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI- [38] Image of Trifolium pratense - Prof. Dr. Otto Wilhelm Thomé: Flora von Deutschland Österreich und der Schweiz
- [413] International Legume Database & Information Service
- [716] Trifolium pratense - Plants For A Future database
- [1596] Trifolium pratense - Flora of China @ efloras.org
- [1762] Trifolium pratense - Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER)
Literature
- [17] Rothmaler, W. (1995): Exkursionsflora von Deutschland, Band 3, Gefäßpflanzen: Atlasband. Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart, Germany.