Trifolium repens L.

Spice Detail Flower In the field 1 In the field 2

Family: LEGUMINOSAE

Genus: Trifolium

Catalan common name: Ferratge bord. Forratge bord. Tréfola. Trèvol blanc. Trevolet de prat.

Spanish common name: Trébol blanco. Trébol rastrero.

Province distribution: Alacant. Balearic Islands. Barcelona. Castelló. Girona. Lleida. Tarragona. València.

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca. Ibiza. Formentera.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Mediterranean

IUCN Category: LCLeast concern

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Hemicryptophyte.

Habitats: Cultivated fields, path and road sides, disturbed zones. Non-saline wetlands (intermittent watercourses, streams, artesian wells, ditches). Fields, intermittent watercourses, streams, artesian wells, ditches.

Characteristics: A perennial plant, branching from the base, stoloniferous and with prostrate stems (up to 60 cm.), and can root from the stems. The leaves are trifoliate with dentate folioles. The inflorescences are pedunculate and sometimes bracteoles are reduced to scales. The stipules are membranous.