Family:
Fabaceae Lindl.
Genus:
Trifolium Tourn. ex L.

Trifolium arvense L.

This species is accepted, and its native range is Macaronesia, Europe to Central Asia and Iran, N. Africa to NE. Tropical Africa. It is used as animal food and a medicine and for food.

[UPFC]
Distribution
Naturalised in Colombia. Colombian departments: Bogotá DC.

[CPLC]

Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Distribution
Colombia

[ILDIS]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Not Threatened
Ecology
Africa: Mediterranean bushland & thicket, Afromontane grassland, Mediterranean grasslands., Afromontane (upland) shrubland ('moorland').
Morphology General Habit
Annual, Not climbing, Herb
Vernacular
Acker-Klee, Agurnik, Burtkla Samkura, Dirvinis Dobilas, Ereknuk Varelahokhain, Gumlag Yoncha, Haresfoot Clover, Hare's-foot Clover, Haresfoot Trefoil, Hasen-Klee, Kanyushyna Rallyavaya, Kassiristik, Klever Pashennyi, Konyushina Poliova, Koshachki, Kotiki,

[UPFC]
Use Animal Food
Used as animal food.
Use Gene Sources
Used as gene sources.
Use Food
Used for food.
Use Medicines
Medical uses.

[ILDIS]
Use
Forage, Medicine, Weed

Native to:

Albania, Algeria, Austria, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Central European Rus, Corse, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Djibouti, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kriti, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Madeira, Morocco, Netherlands, North Caucasus, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Norway, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Sicilia, South European Russi, Spain, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, West Siberia, Yugoslavia

Introduced into:

Alabama, Altay, Amur, Argentina Northeast, Argentina South, Arkansas, California, Cape Provinces, Chatham Is., Chile Central, Colombia, Georgia, Haiti, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Irkutsk, Japan, Kentucky, Khabarovsk, Krasnoyarsk, Kuril Is., Maryland, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nansei-shoto, New South Wales, New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Newfoundland, North Carolina, Oregon, Primorye, Queensland, Sakhalin, South Australia, South Carolina, Sri Lanka, Tennessee, Uruguay, Vermont, Victoria, Virginia, Washington, Western Australia, Wisconsin

Trifolium arvense L. appears in other Kew resources:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status
Khairallah, S [MSSK 1692], Lebanon K000744415
Hepper, F.N. [12092], Lebanon K000744416
Davis, P.H. [22616], Turkey K000744379
Wright, P.A. [43], Iran K000744426
Rawi, A. [22536], Iraq K000744428
Brenan, J.P.M. [204], United Kingdom K001105950
Mooney, H.F. [6566], Iran K000744418
Davis, P.H. [D. 32019], Turkey K000744384
Gillett, J.B. [11755], Iraq K000744431
Furse, P. [2511], Iran K000744422
Khairallah, S [MSSK-187], Lebanon K000744414
Mooney, H.F. [4418], Lebanon K000744411
Davis, P.H. [46366], Turkey K000744407
Rawi, A. [23927], Iraq K000744427
Samuelsson, G. [5631], Lebanon K000744413
Rawi, A. [22279], Iraq K000744430
Furse, P. [4160], Turkey K000744380
Meinertzhagen, R. [s.n.], Syria K000744410
Rawi, A. [21952], Iraq K000744429
Davis, P.H. [45077], Turkey K000744382
Brittinger [s.n.], Austria Trifolium brittingeri K000999670
Brittinger [s.n.], Austria Trifolium brittingeri K000999671
Kotschy, C.G.T. [s.n.] Trifolium preslianum K000999773
Boissier, P.E. [s.n.] Trifolium preslianum K000999772

First published in Sp. Pl.: 769 (1753)

Accepted by

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