White clover
তামার্কে
Trifolium repens L.
- light
- Sun–part
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 13 cm
- wide
- 30 cm
Fabaceae
Also called White Dutch clover, New Zealand Clover, Ladino clover, Giant clover, White Clover
Formerly Amoria repens
When it flowers
Flowers February to May and July to December in the tropics.
Read from iNaturalist photographs of it in flower. A month counts at 50% of the best month's flowering share (smoothed over three months) and 10% of its flowering count, from at least 100 flowering observations in the band.
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- PerennialKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Macaronesia, NW. Africa, Egypt to Zimbabwe, Europe to Mongolia and HimalayaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun to part shade (3 h or more)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 10 cm to 15 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Spread
- 30 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- WhiteRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -40 °C (USDA zone 3a)Read from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
Grow it with
Suggested by a rule, not by a gardener: same climate (kew), flowering when this plant does not (inaturalist), and a different shape.
ElderFlowers January and June, when this does not
Japanese honeysuckleFlowers January and June, when this does not
Memorial RoseFlowers January and June, when this does not
PomegranateFlowers January and June, when this does not
PurslaneFlowers January and June, when this does not
RosemaryFlowers January and June, when this does not
In other languages (12)
- Dutch
- witte klaver
- Spanish
- Trébol blanco, Carretón blanco
- root
- TRIREP, Bolitsche, Tarfój bjânc
- German
- Weiß-Klee, Kriech-Klee
- Russian
- Клевер ползучий, Клевер белый, Амория ползучая
- Portuguese
- Trevo-branco, Trevo-da-sorte
- French
- Trèfle blanc, Trèfle rampant
- Catalan
- Trèvol blanc
- Korean
- 토끼풀
- Swedish
- Vitklöver
- Italian
- Trifoglio bianco
- Finnish
- Valkoapila
Where this comes from
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0 (observation counts)
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, Public domain
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA
- 3D model: Trifolium repens (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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