Trifolium pratense L.

Trifolium pratense L.

Status: Accepted
Genus: Trifolium L.
Tribe: Trifolieae
References: [566][754][801][1140][1847][2080]

Other names:

Trifolium borysthenicum Gruner [Synonym]
Trifolium bracteatum Schousboe [Synonym]

Common Names:

Red Clover [1902] [2153] [2080] [1917] [1292] [1862] [1850] [1847] [1645]
TrＣol de los Prados [1140]
TrＣol Morado [1140]
TrＣol Rojo [1292]

Descriptors:

Habit:
- Herb
Lifespan:
- Perennial
Stems:
- Not climbing
Source(s):
- 1988(Africa)Lock JM
- 1988(Americas)Zarucchi JL
- 1988(Europe)ESFEDS
- 1990(New Zealand & Pacific)Horn P
- 1991(W Asia)Lock JM & Simpson K
- 1993 Adams BR
- 1993 Zarucchi JL
Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator:
- 1991/1993 Heyn CC & Heller D
Conservation Status:
- Not Threatened

Uses:

Domestic [1862]
Environmental [1862]
Forage [24] [1292] [1847] [1862] [1919] [754]
Medicine [1862]
Weed [1862]

Geographical Distribution:

Africa [1862]
- Algeria [454]
- Ethiopia [24]
- Kenya [1862]
- Morocco [454]
- South Africa [279]
- Tunisia [454]

Asia [1179] [1861] [1862] [1872] [1930] [1969] [2015]
- Afghanistan [1872]
- Bhutan
- China [1179]
- India [2015]
- Indonesia-ISO [1969]
- Iran [1861]
- Iraq [1862]
- Japan [1930]
- Pakistan [1862]
- Philippines [1862]
- Taiwan
- USSR [2015]

Australasia [1880] [1918] [2419]
- Australia [1880] [1918]
  - Australian Capital Territory
  - New South Wales
  - Queensland
  - Victoria
  - Western Australia
- Tasmania [2419]

Caribbean [2153]
- Bahamas [2153]
- Bermuda
- Cuba
- Jamaica
- Puerto Rico

Central America
- Guatemala [1645]

Europe [454] [566]
- Albania [754]
- Austria-F.E. [754]
- Azores [754]
- Belgium-F.E. [754]
- Bulgaria [754]
- Corsica [754]
- Czechoslovakia [754]
- Denmark [754]
- Finland [754]
- Foroyar [754]
- France-F.E. [754]
- Germany [754]
- Great Britain [754]
- Greece [754]
- Hungary [754]
- Iceland [754]
- Ireland-F.E. [754]
- Italy-F.E. [754]
- Malta [454]
- Netherlands [754]
- Norway [754]
- Poland [754]
- Portugal [754]
- Romania [754]
- Sardegna [754]
- Sicilia [454]
- Spain-F.E. [754]
- Sweden [754]
- Switzerland [754]
- Turkey in Europe [754]
- USSR:B-F.E. [754]
- USSR:C-F.E. [754]
- USSR:E-F.E. [754]
- USSR:K-F.E. [754]
- USSR:N-F.E. [754]
- USSR:W-F.E. [754]
- Yugoslavia [754]

Middle East [454] [566] [1862]
- Israel [1862]
- Lebanon-Syria [454]
- Turkey in Asia [454]

North America [1115] [1431]
- Alaska-Aleutian Is [1115] [1431]
- Canada [1115]
- United States [1119] [1324] [1325] [1331] [1431] [1645] [1673] [1680]

Pacific Ocean [1949] [2080]
- Antipodean Is [2080]
- Chatham Is [2080]
- Hawaii [1949]
- Kermadec Is [2080]
- New Zealand(North) [2080]
- New Zealand(South) [2080]

South America [1140] [2090]
- Argentina [1140]
- Chile [1444]
- Colombia [1292]
- Peru [2090]
- Uruguay [1140]

Notes:

Zohary & Heller (1984,r.566)recognise six varieties.
Very widespread & cultivated throughout the entire Northern Hemisphere [566]

Last Update: 14/06/2001 13:20:06