Species

Trifolium repens

Etymology

repens: from Latin repere meaning to creep, means creeping

Common Name(s)

white clover

Family

Fabaceae

Flora Category

Vascular - Exotic

NVS Species Code

TRIREP

The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.

Structural Class

Dicotyledonous Herbs other than Composites

Flower Colours

Red / Pink,White

Year Naturalised

1864

Origin

Europe, N. and W. Asia, N. Africa

This page last updated on 18 Jan 2010