Ontario Weeds: White clover
Table of Contents
- Name
- Other Names
- Family
- General Description
- Habitat
- 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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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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