Trifolium repens

white clover, ladino clover, dutch clover, white dutch clover
Family

Fabaceae

Leaf Arrangement

alternate

Leaf Attachment

petiolate

Leaf Type

trifoliolate

Leaf Shape

palmate lobed

Growth Form

forb

Flower Color

white

Flower Month

May - October

Height (meters)

0.2 - 0.4

Milky Sap

No

Armed/Unarmed

Unarmed

Origin

introduced

Lifespan

perennial

Growing Season

Cool season


Wetland Class

FACU

Prairie Coefficient of Conservatism

-2

Animal Use

The following information is for the genus Trifolium: Animals that eat its foliage, seeds: Pectoral sandpiper, Greater prairie chicken, Chestnut-bellied scaled quail, Wild turkey, Pocket gopher, Meadow mouse, Pine mouse. Animals that eat its seeds: Horned lark, Pipit, Animals that eat the plant: Beaver, Muskrat, Cottontail rabbit, Mearns cottontail rabbit, Raccoon, Eastern skunk, White-tailed deer (Martin et al. 1951). Provides palatable, nutritious grazing and is relished by all classes of livestock.

Natural History

Trifolium repens is cross-fertilized (USDA 1948). A native of Europe, this species is now widely naturalized throughout the United States.

Habitat

Lawns, roadsides, waste places, pastures, fields, stream valleys.