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Ontario Weeds: White clover

Author: OMAFRA Staff
Creation Date: 01 June 2000
Last Reviewed: 01 November 2003

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Excerpt from Publication 505, Ontario Weeds, Order this publication

Table of Contents

  1. Name
  2. Other Names
  3. Family
  4. General Description
  5. Habitat
  6. Related Links

Name: White clover, Trifolium repens L.,

Other Names: trèfle blanc, White dutch clover, trèfle rampant

Family: Legume or Bean Family (Leguminosae) 

General Description: Similar to Black medick but differs in being perennial, having somewhat larger leaflets, all of which are stalkless, each usually having a V-shaped whitish mark on the upper surface, and it has larger white flowers.

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White clover

White clover

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Habitat: A plant of mixed virtue, White clover is common throughout Ontario in pastures, lawns, meadows, roadsides, waste places and cultivated land, having been intentionally planted as a forage or ground cover in many situations and persisting as an unwanted weed in others.

Related Links

... on general Weed topics
... on weed identification, order OMAFRA Publication 505: Ontario Weeds
... on weed control, order OMAFRA Publication 75: Guide To Weed Control

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