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Small white clover

Trifolium nigrescens

Also called Ball Clover, Mediterranean Clover

Small white clover
Photo: Pancrat, CC BY-SA 3.0

Small white clover is a low-growing annual legume from the Mediterranean and Middle East, grown mainly as a forage or cover crop. It thrives in sunny, open sites and needs little care once established.

Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Annual
Light
Full sun
Water
Water during dry spells until established; it tolerates drought once growing well.
Soil
Well-drained soil, tolerates poor and sandy ground.
Temperature
10–25 °C; protect from hard frost.
How easy
Easy
Safety
Not known to be toxic
Native range
Azores, Medit. to Iran
Climate
subtropical

About

Trifolium nigrescens, the small white clover, is an annual species which is widespread around the Mediterranean, including north Africa, and the Middle East.

Other Trifolium plants

Owl-head clover · Kura clover · Showy Indian clover · Narrowleaf crimson clover · Golden clover · Brown clover · Southern clover · Foothill clover · Strawberry clover · Clustered clover · Rose clover · Alsike clover

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Trifolium nigrescens by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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