Fabaceae
White clover
Trifolium repens
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Trifolium
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Common names
By language (57)
- Arabic
- نفل زاحف, نفل أبيض, نفل ابيض
- Armenian
- Երեքնուկ սողացող
- arz
- نفل زاحف
- Asturian
- Trébole blancu
- Azerbaijani
- Ağ yonca
- ba
- Аҡ туҡыранбаш
- Bangla
- তামার্কে
- Basque
- Hirusta zuri
- Belarusian
- Канюшына паўзучая, Белая дзятліна, Белая дзяцеліна, Белы клевяр, Дзецяліна, Дзятлавіна, Дзятлівіна, Дзятліна
- Bulgarian
- Пълзяща детелина, Бяла детелина
- Cantonese
- 白三葉草
- Catalan
- Trèvol blanc, Trèfle rampant
- Chinese
- 白三叶草, 白三葉草, 白车轴草, 菽草, 三消草, 白三叶, 白三草, 白三葉
- csb
- Biôłô kòniczëna
- Czech
- Jetel plazivý, Jetel bílý plazivý
- Danish
- Hvidkløver, Hvid kløver, Hvid-hløver
- dsb
- Běła źiśelina
- Dutch
- Witte klaver
- English
- White clover, Dutch clover, White Dutch clover
- Estonian
- Valge ristik
- Finnish
- Valkoapila
- French
- Trèfle blanc, Trefle blanc, Trèfle de Hollande, Trèfle rampant
- Galician
- Trevo branco
- Georgian
- Სამყურა მხოხავი
- German
- Weiss-Klee, Weiß-Klee, Kriech-Klee, Kriechender Klee, Trèfle rampant, Weissklee, Weißklee
- Greek
- Λευκό τριφύλλι
- Hebrew
- תלתן זוחל
- hsb
- Běły dźećel
- Hungarian
- Fehér here
- Icelandic
- Hvítsmári
- Irish
- Seamair bhán
- Italian
- Trifoglio bianco, Trifoglio ladino, Trifoglio rampicante
- Japanese
- シロツメクサ, クローバー, シロツメグサ, 白詰草
- Korean
- 토끼풀, 흰토끼풀
- kw
- Mellyonen wynn
- Kyrgyz
- Кой беде
- Latvian
- Ložņu āboliņš
- Lithuanian
- Baltasis dobilas, Trèfle rampant
- Macedonian
- Бела детелина
- myv
- Ацавиця вараканьпал, Ацавиця вараканьпря тикше
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Hvitkløver, Kvitkløver
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Kvitkløver
- nv
- Tłʼoh waaʼí nahalinígíí
- os
- Тæрхъусгæрдæг
- Persian
- شبدر سفید
- Polish
- Koniczyna biała, Koniczyna rozesłana
- Romanian
- Trifoi alb, Trifoi târâitor, Trifoi târâtor, Trifoi tîrîitor, Trifoi tîrîtor
- Russian
- Клевер ползучий, White clover, Белая кашка, Кашка, Клевер белый, Клевер голландский
- Serbian
- Bela detelina, Бела детелина, Бијела дјетелина, Детелина бела, Детелина пузећа, Дјетелина бијела, Дјетелина пузећа, Пузећа детелина
- Serbian (Latin)
- Bela detelina
- Slovak
- Ďatelina plazivá
- Slovenian
- Plazeča detelja
- Spanish
- Trébol blanco, Carretón, Chupamieles, Chupón, Motas blancas, Teble, Trebillo, Trebol blanco
- Swedish
- Vitklöver, Trèfle rampant
- Tatar
- Ак тукранбаш
- Ukrainian
- Конюшина повзуча, Конюшина біла
- Welsh
- Meillionen wen
Synonyms
- Amoria repens (L.) C.Presl
- Trifolium repens f. repens
- Trifolium repens var. repens
Flowers
- In flower
- March to September (from 22,825 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- white (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: introduced, Canada: introduced, Greenland: introduced, Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, St. Pierre and Miquelon: introduced
Toxicity: Slight, as listed by the USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29). USDA rates how toxic a plant is to people or livestock; it is not a pet-safety rating, so ask a vet or poison line if a pet or child ate it.
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Tom Norton, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Leila Dasher, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Sandy Wolkenberg, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Richard Fuller, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ivar Leidus, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Chérif-Jacques Allali, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: winston12345, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: auroreflorenceandre30, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Katherin Rodríguez-González, 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.