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White Clover

Trifolium repens

Low-growing creeping perennial that almost always has trifoliolate leaves; the shape characterised by the leaf being divided into three leaflets, however occasionally there may be four or more. Tri in Latin means 'three' and folium means 'leaf'. The species name repens is Latin for 'creeping'. The whitish flower-heads, usually 15-20mm across, often develop a pinkish or creamy tinge with age. The stems operate as stolons so the plant often forms mats with the stems creeping as much as 18cm each year and rooting at the nodes.

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