white clover

plant
Also known as: Trifolium repens

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  • Clover (Trifolium)
    In clover

    …are red clover (Trifolium pratense), white clover (T. repens), and alsike clover (T. hybridum). Red clover, a biennial, or short-lived perennial, bears an oval purplish flower head about 2.5 cm (1 inch) in diameter. White clover, a low creeping perennial, is often used in lawn-grass mixtures and bears a white…

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  • wood sorrel
    In shamrock

    White clover (Trifolium repens) and suckling clover (T. dubium) are both native to the British Isles and have been variously identified as the emblematic shamrock; the plants are members of the pea family (Fabaceae). Of commercial importance is wood sorrel (Oxalis acetosella) of the family…

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