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Trifolium repens L.

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Trifolium repens L., Sp. Pl. 767 (1753)
Trifolium repens L.

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Exotic
Wild
New Zealand
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L.
L.
1753
767
ICN
Trifolium repens L.
species
Trifolium repens

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repens

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Trifolium repens L.

Perennial; stems glabrous, creeping, rooting at nodes. Lvs ± glabrous; petioles up to 140-(200) mm long; leaflets obovate to elliptic or suborbicular, obtuse to obcordate, cuneate at base, finely serrate, often with light or dark markings, c. 5-25 mm long; lateral veins thin or somewhat thickened and ± straight to leaflet margin; petiolules up to c. 1 mm long, ± equal; stipules oblong, acuminate. Infls axillary, racemose, globose, pedunculate, > lvs; fls numerous; pedicel up to 5 mm long; bracts subtending fls free. Calyx ± glabrous, 10-veined, not inflated at fruiting; throat open, glabrous; calyx teeth somewhat unequal (2 upper longer), < corolla, triangular to narrowly triangular, < tube, erect at fruiting; sinuses acute. Corolla usually white, occasionally pink to reddish, persistent, 8-12 mm long. Pod glabrous, straight, > calyx, 4-5 mm long, 2-5-seeded; seeds c. 1 mm diam.

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Trifolium repens L.
Trifolium repens L.
Trifolium repens L.
Trifolium repens L.
Trifolium repens L.

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Trifolium repens L.
France
Trifolium repens L.
New Zealand
Trifolium repens L.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Trifolium repens L.
New Zealand
Gisborne Land District
Trifolium repens L.
New Zealand
Hawke's Bay Land District
Trifolium repens L.
New Zealand
Marlborough Land District
Trifolium repens L.
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
Trifolium repens L.
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
Trifolium repens L.
New Zealand
Otago Land District
Trifolium repens L.
New Zealand
South Auckland Land District
Trifolium repens L.
New Zealand
Southland Land District
Trifolium repens L.
New Zealand
Taranaki Land District
Trifolium repens L.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
Trifolium repens L.
New Zealand
Westland Land District
Trifolium repens L.
Tonga

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a72a0cbe-8f21-459c-a220-9c3a7bb1ef5f
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
21 November 2013
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