Fabaceae
Small white clover
Trifolium nigrescens
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Trifolium
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Common names
By language (12)
- Arabic
- نفل مسود, نفل أسمر
- arz
- نفل مسود
- Azerbaijani
- Qaralan yonca
- Bulgarian
- Чернееща детелина
- Croatian
- Crnkasta djetelina
- English
- Small white clover
- French
- Trèfle noircissant
- German
- Schwarzwerdender Klee
- Macedonian
- Црнкаста детелина
- Persian
- شبدر سیاهشونده
- Slovenian
- Črnikasta detelja
- Swedish
- Härmklöver
Synonyms
- Amoria nigrescens (Viv.) Fourr.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- white (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Pancrat, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Pancrat, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Elena Benti, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: jorge.capelo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Gerald Pohl, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Argo Navis, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Vianney Franssens, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: DanieleBarbieri, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Pedro Calisto, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.