White clover is mostly planted with ryegrass, orchardgrass or tall fescue. It is a perennial legume which was introduced in Europe and is widely distributed today. It grows in a prostrate and stoloniferous manner. The leaves are trifoliate which might or not have crescent or water mark on its upper surface. The flower heads consists of 40 -100 florets which are borne on the long stalks. The florets are white with a pink hue.
| Name | White Clover |
|---|---|
| Scientific Name | Trifolium repens |
| Native | Native to Europe and Central Asia. It is introduced globally as a yard crop which is now common in New Zealand and North America. |
| Common/English Name | Honeysuckle Clover, Lodi Clover, Ladino Clover, Dutch Clover, White Clover, Dutch White Clover, White Sweet Clover |
| Name in Other Languages | Brazil (Portuguese): Trevo Branco, Chinese: Bai San Ye Cao, Czech: Jetel Plazivý Bílý, Danish: Hvid Kløver, Dutch: Witte Klaver, Eastonian: Valge Ristik, Esperanto: Trifolio Blanka, Finnish: Valkoapila, French: Trèfl e De Hollande, Gaelic: Seamair Bhán, German: Kriechender Klee, Hebrew: Tiltan Zochel, Hungarian: Kúszó Here, Icelandic: Hvítsmári, India (Hindi): Safed Tipatiya Ghaas, Indonesia (Java): Semanggi Landi, Italian: Trifoglio Ladino, Japanese: Shiro Kurooba, Norwegian: Okseblom, Polish: Koniczyna Biała, Portuguese: Trevo-Da-Holanda, Russian: Klever Polzuchii, Slovašcina: Detelja Plazeča, Slovencina: Ďatelina Plazivá, Spanish: Trébol Blanco, Swedish: Krypklöver, Taiwan: Shu Cao, Thai: Thua Clover, Turkish: Yonca, Vietnamese: Cỏ Ba Lá Hà Lan, Welsh: Meillion Gwyn |
| Plant Growth Habit | Glabrous, perennial, herbaceous plant |
| Growing Climate | Cool, moist |
| Plant Size | 50 cm |
| Root | Shallow |
| Stem | Erect, creeping, elongated, hairless, light green, 18 cm (7.1 inch) |
| Leaf | Trifoliate, alternate, ovate or circular, elliptic to egg shaped |
| Flowering Season | May-October |
| Flower | Papilionaceous, white with pink hue, scented, Across: 15-25 mm, Width: 1.5-2 cm (0.6-0.8 inch) |
| Flowerhead | Globular |
| Pods shape & size | Sessile, dehiscent, Length: 4-5 mm |
| Seed | 3-6 seeds, irregular rounded, flattened, yellow-brown, 0.9-1.8 mm by 1.0 mm |