Pea Family - Clovers

Pea Family - Fabaceae

White Clover Trifolium repens

Native throughout most of Eurasia, south to India and East Africa.


Habit	Flowerhead	Leaf	Seedhead

Alsike Clover Trifolium hybridum

Native to the Mediterranean region and eastwards to Iran and the Caucasus region. Rather like White Clover but leaves typically with more elongate, unmarked leaflets. Flowers white at the top of the flowerhead and pink below, giving a clear, two-tone effect. This is a rather erect species that does not have stems like runners that root into the ground at the leaf nodes.


Habit	Flowerhead	Leaf	Leaf stipule

Greater Strawberry Clover Trifolium physodes

Native to the Mediterranean Region, eastwards to Afghanistan.


Flowers	Flowers	Calyxes	Leaf

Leaf stipule	Seed pods	Seed pods	Seed pods

Reversed Clover Trifolium resupinatum

Native from Macaronesia, through the Mediterranean Region, eastwards to Nepal.


Habit	Flowers	Flowers	Flowers

Leaf	Seed pods	Seed pods	Seed pods

Woolly Clover Trifolium tomentosum

Native throughout the Mediterranean Region and Middle East to Iran and North-east Africa. A common and distinctive species on Lesvos, with the calyxes swelling to form inflated, woolly balls.


Flowers and seed capsules	Flowers	Flowers

Leaf	Leaf stipule	Early seed heads	Mature seed heads

Rough Clover Trifolium scabrum

Native throughout western and southern Europe, the Mediterranean Region and the Middle East.


Habit	Flowers	Leaf	Seedhead

Starry Clover Trifolium stellatum

Native from Macaronesia through the Mediterranean to Iran.


Habit	Flowers	Leaf	Seedhead

Cherler's Clover Trifolium cherleri

Native to the Mediterranean Region, eastwards to Iran.


Flowers	Flowers	Leaf	Seedhead

Narrow-leaved Clover Trifolium angustifolium

Native from Macaronesia and the Mediterranean Region to Iran. An upright species with very elongate flowerheads and long, narrow leaflets. Flowers pale pink.


Habit	Flowerhead	Flowerhead	Flowers

Leaf	Leaf stipule

Subterranean Clover Trifolium subterraneum

Native throughout much of Europe, the Mediterranean Region and eastwards to Iran.


Habit	Flowers	Flowers

Leaf	Leaf stipule

Suffocated Clover Trifolium suffocatum

Native from Macaronesia, through the Mediterranean Region, eastwards to Iran. A tiny, prostrate species that forms a tight rosette of calyxes, surrounded by a ring of long-stalked leaves. The flowers are dull white, the petals shorter than the surrounding calyx and difficult to spot. The red-tinged calyxes form a prickly-looking knot at the centre of the plant with their strongly reflexed and overlapping lobes.


Habit	Habit	Leaf	Seedheads

Flora of Peloponnese An Identification Guide

Pea Family - Clovers

Pea Family - Fabaceae

Species List

Flora of Peloponnese
An Identification Guide