Species

Trifolium subterraneum

Common Name(s)

subclover

Authority

Trifolium subterraneum L.

Family

Fabaceae

Flora Category

Vascular - Exotic

NVS Species Code

TRISUB

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

Similar Taxa

Subclover can be distinguished from all other naturalised clovers in NZ by the heads comprising few large fertile flowers + central sterile flowers the calyx of which expands at fruiting.

Flower Colours

White

Year Naturalised

1906

Origin

S. and W. Europe, Asia Minor, S. Russia, N.W. Africa

This page last updated on 30 Nov 2017