White Clover

White Clover

Trifolium repens L.

Fabaceae (Legume Family)

▲ ▼ smaller white clover plants

▲ ▼ larger white clover plants, with flowers

▲ ▼ white clover flowers

White Clover:

creeping perennial legume which produces stolons to allow spread; grows 3-18" tall
3 (sometimes more) leaflets per leaf attached to long petiole
produces white or pink ball-like cluster of tiny flowers held above leaf canopy
reproduces some by seed, but more by spreading out
prefers adequate moisture soils, full sun, but may grow about anywhere but very dry sites; tends to die back in dry summer periods
water-repellent leaf surfaces may make it less sensitive to some post-emergent herbicide applications
common turfgrass weed--can survive fairly close mowing