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Dutch White Clover

Trifolium repens

try-FOH-lee-um  REE-penz

Fabaceae

Native to:  Europe, West Asia and North Africa

Florida abundance and distribution: Naturalized in the United States.

Recognition: This dense forming mat of creeping clover, to 1 foot long has alternate, tri-obcordate leaves. On long petioles the white flowers sit, and as they age they have a pink tinge.  If you look at the leaves, they form the symbol of a shamrock.

Potentially confused species:  This species differs from other weeds having trifoliate leaflets by having a white chevron mark on each serrate leaflet.

Other:  The Native Americans have used this as an herb in their medicinal remedies to treat fevers.

Contributed by: Andrea Schechter