Transformational Gardening


White Clover (Trifolium repens): Images

Date Location Notes Images
June 30, 2012 Southeastern, New Hampshire Out of the 16 white, pink or purple Trifolium flowers in New England, only White Clover and Alsike Clover (Trifolium hybridum) have flower pedicels longer than 0.5 mm (usually 2 mm or longer). To differentiate these two plants:
  • White Clover roots at the nodes and is more spreading while Alsike Clover grows more upright and does not root at the nodes.
  • White Clover has flower petals usually all of a similar color. Alsike Clover has flower petals of two different colors.
  • The end of the stipules for White Clover wraps around the stem, forming a tube. Most of the end of the stipules for Alsike Clover are free from the stem.
Date Location Notes Images
May 20, 2014 Southeastern, Connecticut