Fabaceae
Woolly clover
Trifolium tomentosum
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Trifolium
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Common names
By language (10)
- Arabic
- نفل لبدي
- English
- Woolly clover
- Finnish
- Nukka-apila
- French
- Trèfle cotonneux
- German
- Filz-Klee, Filziger Klee
- Icelandic
- Hærusmári
- Japanese
- フウセンツメクサ
- Swedish
- Ullklöver
- Turkish
- Yünlü üçgül
- Welsh
- Meillionen wlanog
Synonyms
- Amoria tomentosa (L.) Roskov
- Galearia tomentosa (L.) C.Presl
- Trifolium curvisepalum Täckh.
- Trifolium pantocsekii Gand.
- Trifolium rectiusculum Gand.
- Trifolium resupinatum subsp. tomentosum (L.) Gibelli & Belli
- Trifolium tomentosum subvar. minus Gibelli & Belli
- Trifolium tomentosum var. chthonocephalum Bornm.
- Trifolium tomentosum var. curvisepalum (Täckh.) J.Thiébaut
- Trifolium tomentosum var. lanatum Zohary
- Trifolium tomentosum var. leiocalyx Pau
- Trifolium tomentosum var. minus (Gibelli & Belli) Rouy
- Trifolium tomentosum var. orientale Bornm.
- Trifolium tomentosum var. pedunculatum Nábělek
- Trifolium tomentosum var. philistaeum Zohary
- Trifolium visianii Gand.
- Xerosphaera tomentosa (L.) Soják
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: jacinta lluch valero from madrid * barcelona....,, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Harry Rose from Dungog, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Harry Rose from Dungog, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Harry Rose from Dungog, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Harry Rose from Dungog, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Harry Rose from Dungog, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Harry Rose from Dungog, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Harry Rose from Dungog, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.