Trifolium pratense L. Var. sativum Schreber

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Status: Accepted
Genus: Trifolium L.
Tribe: Trifolieae
Rank: Var.
Subspecies: sativum
Subspecies authority: Schreber
References: [566]

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Other names:

• Trifolium baeticum Boiss. [Synonym] [566]
  
• Trifolium sativum (Schreber)Crome [Synonym] 
  

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Descriptors:

• Habit:
  • Herb
• Lifespan:
  • Perennial
• Stems:
  • Not climbing
• Source(s):
  • 1988(Europe)ESFEDS
  • 1993 Adams BR
• Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator:
  • 1991/1993 Heyn CC & Heller D
• Conservation Status:
  • Not Threatened

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Uses:

• Forage [754]
  

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Geographical Distribution:

• Africa [566]
  • Morocco [566]
  • Tunisia [566]

• Asia [566] [2015]
  • Afghanistan [566]
  • Iran [566]
  • Iraq [566]
  • USSR [2015]

• Europe [566] [754]
  • Finland [566]
  • Great Britain [566]
  • Sicilia-F.E. [754]
  • Spain-F.E. [754]

• Middle East [566]
  • Turkey in Asia [566]

• North America [566]
  • Canada [566]

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Notes:

• The most commonly cultivated variety. No doubt cultivated and more or less [1869]
  
• naturalised in many more countries than those listed. Origin? [1869]
  

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Last Update: 14/06/2001 14:22:53