Trifolium repens
Common name
white clover
Family
Fabaceae
Flora category
Vascular – Exotic
Structural class
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites
NVS code
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.
TRIREP
Flower colours
Red/Pink, White
Year naturalised
1864
Origin
Europe, N. and W. Asia, N. Africa
Etymology
repens: From Latin repere meaning to creep, means creeping