Editing Trifolium repens (section)

{{Short description|Flowering plant, bean family Fabaceae}}
{{Speciesbox
| name = White clover
| image = Trifolium repens - white clover on way from Govindghat to Gangria at Valley of Flowers National Park - during LGFC - VOF 2019 (1).jpg
| genus = Trifolium
| species = repens
| authority = [[Carl Linnaeus|L.]]
| synonyms_ref = <ref name=ilsa/>
| synonyms = {{collapsible list|bullets = true
|title=<small>Synonymy</small>
|''Amoria repens'' <small>(L.) C.Presl</small>
|''Lotodes repens'' <small>Kuntze</small>
|''Trifolium limonium'' <small>Phil.</small>
|''Trifolium stipitatum'' <small>Clos</small>
|''Trifolium macrorrhizum'' <small>Boiss., syn of subsp. ''macrorrhizum''</small>
|''Trifolium nevadense'' <small>Boiss., syn of var. ''nevadense ''</small>
|''Trifolium orbelicum'' <small>Velen., syn of var. ''orbelicum ''</small>
|''Trifolium orphanideum'' <small>Boiss., syn of var. ''orphanideum ''</small>
|''Trifolium biasolettii'' <small>Steud. & Hochst., syn of subsp. ''prostratum ''</small>
|''Trifolium occidentale'' <small>Coombe, syn of subsp. ''prostratum ''</small>
}}
}}

'''''Trifolium repens''''', the '''white clover''', is a herbaceous [[perennial plant]] in the bean family [[Fabaceae]] (otherwise known as Leguminosae). It is native to [[Europe]], including the British Isles,<ref>{{harvnb|Frame|Charlton|Laidlaw|1998|pp=15–106}}</ref> and [[central Asia]] and is one of the most widely [[agriculture|cultivated]] types of [[clover]]. It has been widely introduced worldwide as a [[forage]] crop, and is now also common in most grassy areas ([[lawn]]s and [[garden]]s) of [[North America]], [[Australia]] and [[New Zealand]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://luirig.altervista.org/flora/taxa/index1.php?scientific-name=trifolium+repens |title=Altervista Flora Italiana, Trifoglio strisciante, Weißklee, vitklöver, ''Trifolium repens'' L |publisher=Luirig.altervista.org |access-date=2018-07-16}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://keyserver.lucidcentral.org/weeds/data/media/Html/trifolium_repens.htm|title=Weeds of Australia: Trifolium repens}}</ref><ref>Böcher, T. W. 1978. Greenlands Flora 326 pp.</ref><ref>Duchen, P. & S. G. Beck. 2012. Estudio taxonómico de las Leguminosas del Parque Nacional Area Natural de Manejo Integrado (PN-ANMI) Cotapata, La Paz-Bolivia. Revista de la Sociedad Boliviana de Botánica 6(1): 13–51.</ref><ref>Correa A., M.D., C. Galdames & M. Stapf. 2004. Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares de Panamá 1–599. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panamá</ref><ref>Marticorena, C. & M. Quezada. 1985. Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Chile. [[Gayana. Botánica]] 42: 1–157.</ref><ref>Porsild, A. E. & W. Cody. 1980. Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northwest Territories Canada i–viii, 1–607. National Museum of Natural Sciences, Ottawa</ref> The species includes varieties often classed as small, intermediate and large, according to height, which reflects [[petiole (botany)|petiole]] length. The term 'white clover' is applied to the species in general, 'Dutch clover' is often applied to intermediate varieties (but sometimes to smaller varieties), and 'ladino clover' is applied to large varieties.<ref>Barnes, R. F., C. J. Nelson, M. Collins, and K. J. Moore (eds.).  2003.  Forages:  an introduction to grassland agriculture. Vol. 1.  6th ed.  Blackwell Publishing.  556 pp.</ref><ref>Henning, J. C. and H. N. Wheaton. 1993.   White, ladino and sweet clover. G4639.  U. Missouri Extension.  http://extension.missouri.edu/p/G4639</ref><ref>Rasnake, M., G. D. Lacefield, J. C. Henning, N. L. Taylor and D. C. Ditsch.  Growing white clover in Kentucky.  Univ. Kentucky.  AGR-93.  [https://web.archive.org/web/19991010005823/http://www.ca.uky.edu/agc/pubs/agr/agr93/agr93.htm]</ref><ref>White clover.  Penn State University Extension.  http://extension.psu.edu/plants/crops/forages/species/white-clover {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170825221546/http://extension.psu.edu/plants/crops/forages/species/white-clover |date=2017-08-25 }}</ref>