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Trifolium
Clovers, also called trefoils, are plants of the genus Trifolium (from Latin tres 'three' and folium 'leaf'), consisting of about 300 species of flowering plants in the legume family Fabaceae originating in Europe. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution with the highest diversity in the temperate Northern Hemisphere, but many species also occur in South America and Africa, including at high altitudes on mountains in the tropics.
60 branches of this group, most-observed first
Red Clover
speciesTrifolium pratense
rabbitfoot clover
speciesTrifolium arvense
crimson clover
speciesTrifolium incarnatum
Zigzag Clover
speciesTrifolium medium
Rose Clover
speciesTrifolium hirtum
Narrow-leaved clover
speciesTrifolium angustifolium
Star Clover
speciesTrifolium stellatum
alpine zigzag clover
speciesTrifolium alpestre
Red Trefoil
speciesTrifolium rubens
Rough Clover
speciesTrifolium scabrum
Hairy Trefoil
speciesTrifolium cherleri
Knotted clover
speciesTrifolium striatum
Purple Clover
speciesTrifolium purpureum
Sulphur Clover
speciesTrifolium ochroleucon
burdock clover
speciesTrifolium lappaceum
Shield Clover
speciesTrifolium clypeatum
Egyptian clover
speciesTrifolium alexandrinum
Sea Clover
speciesTrifolium squamosum
Graying Clover
speciesTrifolium canescens
Hungarian Clover
speciesTrifolium pannonicum
Diffuse Clover
speciesTrifolium diffusum
hen eggs clover
speciesTrifolium trichocephalum
Dalmatian Clover
speciesTrifolium dalmaticum
Eastern Star Clover
speciesTrifolium dasyurum
Palestine Clover
speciesTrifolium palaestinum
Ligurian Clover
speciesTrifolium ligusticum
Hedgehog Clover
speciesTrifolium echinatum
Trifolium sylvaticum
speciesTrifolium sylvaticum
Ponert's Clover
speciesTrifolium infamia-ponertii
squarrose clover
speciesTrifolium squarrosum
Trifolium xanthinum
speciesTrifolium xanthinum
Trifolium pignantii
speciesTrifolium pignantii
white-flowered clover
speciesTrifolium leucanthum
Twin-headed Clover
speciesTrifolium bocconei
Trifolium dichroanthum
speciesTrifolium dichroanthum
Trifolium pallidum
speciesTrifolium pallidum
Trifolium saxatile
speciesTrifolium saxatile
Trifolium pamphylicum
speciesTrifolium pamphylicum
Trifolium prophetarum
speciesTrifolium prophetarum
Common Clover
speciesTrifolium plebeium
Vavilov's clover
speciesTrifolium vavilovii
Open clover
speciesTrifolium apertum
Trifolium sarosiense
speciesTrifolium sarosiense
Trifolium noricum
speciesTrifolium noricum
Trifolium berytheum
speciesTrifolium berytheum
Trifolium lucanicum
speciesTrifolium lucanicum
Trifolium velebiticum
speciesTrifolium velebiticum
Constantinople Clover
speciesTrifolium constantinopolitanum
Trifolium scutatum
speciesTrifolium scutatum
Trifolium obscurum
speciesTrifolium obscurum
Trifolium phleoides
speciesTrifolium phleoides
Trifolium patulum
speciesTrifolium patulum
Aegean Hare's-foot Clover
speciesTrifolium affine
African clover
speciesTrifolium gemellum
Trifolium tenuifolium
speciesTrifolium tenuifolium
Trifolium trichopterum
speciesTrifolium trichopterum
Trifolium heldreichianum
speciesTrifolium heldreichianum
Trifolium davisii
speciesTrifolium davisii
Trifolium fontanum
speciesTrifolium fontanum
Trifolium salmoneum
speciesTrifolium salmoneum
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Oxford Universal History of Plants, Part Two
Robert Morison · 1669 · p.667
Hortus Eystettensis
Basilius Besler · 1640 · p.120
Introductio Generalis in Rem Herbariam
Augustus Quirinus Rivinus · 1690 · p.255
Introductio Generalis in Rem Herbariam
Augustus Quirinus Rivinus · 1690 · p.254
History of Rare Plants
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.621
Introductio Generalis in Rem Herbariam
Augustus Quirinus Rivinus · 1690 · p.256
Introductio Generalis in Rem Herbariam
Augustus Quirinus Rivinus · 1690 · p.257
Ortus sanitatis
1491 · p.455
Garden of Health (Hortus Sanitatis)
Jacob Meydenbach · 1491 · p.369
The Book of Health: The Art of Distillation
Brunschwig, Hieronymus · 1505 · p.166
Garden of Health
1507 · p.367
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.851
In the stacks
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1582389.