Common name: White Clover
Trifolium repens L. APNI* 
Description: Prostrate perennial, glabrous or glabrescent; branches to 30 cm long.
Leaves 3-foliolate; leaflets broad-obovate, 6–40 mm long, 10–15 mm wide, 0.6–2.7 times as long as broad, finely toothed.
Inflorescences umbellate or globose, 15–35 mm long and diam., > 20-flowered, axillary; peduncle equal to or longer than subtending leaf. Flowers on pedicels 3–5 mm long, deflexed after anthesis. Calyx throat open; teeth spiny. Corolla 4–13 mm long, longer than calyx, white or pink, persistent. Pod linear, 4–6 mm long, 3- or 4-seeded, exserted from calyx.
Distribution and occurrence: Frequently cultivated, widely naturalized, a common lawn weed. Native of Eur., Middle East, N Afr.
NSW subdivisions: *NC, *CC, *SC, *NT, *CT, *ST, *NWS, *SWS, *LHI
Other Australian states: *Qld *Vic. *Tas. *W.A. *S.A.
Text by P. H. Weston
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 2 (1991)
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