Trifolium repens L.

English: White Clover

German: Weißklee

Mandarin: 白车轴草 (bai che zhou cao)

Portuguese: Trevo Branco

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

      Order: Fabales (244)

        Family: Fabaceae (244)(family description)

          Genus: Trifolium (8)

            Epithet: repens L. (7)

Synonym: Amoria repens (L.) C.Presl

repens => creeping and rooting

Climate: temperate

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: herb

Flower colour: pink, white

Check for Trifolium repens at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

• [413] International Legume Database & Information Service
• [717] Trifolium repens - Plants For A Future database
• [1070] Trifolium repens - Prof. Dr. Otto Wilhelm Thomé: Flora von Deutschland Österreich und der Schweiz
• [1600] Trifolium repens - Flora of China @ efloras.org
• [1765] Trifolium repens - Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER)

• [17] Rothmaler, W. (1995): Exkursionsflora von Deutschland, Band 3, Gefäßpflanzen: Atlasband. Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart, Germany.