Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Trifolium repens, with what every source says about it. When sources disagree, the strongest source is shown (how sources are ranked). Values imported before sources were recorded one by one are marked Source not recorded.

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Sourced19 Differs from sources4 Source not recorded11 Not on the record10 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Earlier Trefle data, Plants For A Future

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	L.	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Bibliography	Sp. Pl.: 767 (1753)	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phylum	Tracheophyta	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Rank	species	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Status	accepted	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Year	1753	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name	Dutch clover	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	Macaronesia, NW. Africa, Egypt to Zimbabwe, Europe to Mongolia and Himalaya	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	10 cm	15.5 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 279 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 28, 45, 50, 66, 76, 80, 86, 88, 92, 108, 115, 116, 133, 174, 175, 178, 203, 251, 270, 273, 299, 310, 347, 353, 356, 461, 468, 500, 507, 519, 555, 569, 589, 655, 664, 807, 853, 863, 882, 897, 898, 925 10 cm · Plants For A Future · Reported · 2026-09-04	Sourced
Biological type	hemicryptophyte	hemicryptophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 231 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 174, 175, 178, 203, 264, 500, 655, 918, 925	Sourced
Edible part	roots, leaves, flowers, seeds	roots\|leaves\|flowers\|seeds · Plants For A Future · Reported · 2026-09-04	Differs from sources
Flower color	white	magenta, white · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 5 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 92, 655, 882	Differs from sources
Flower conspicuous	true	true · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Foliage color	empty	green · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Foliage texture	medium	medium · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Fruit color	empty	brown · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Fruit conspicuous	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Fruit shape	legume	legume · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 882	Sourced
Growth form	Stoloniferous	Stoloniferous · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Growth habit	Forb/herb	Forb/herb · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Growth rate	Moderate	Moderate · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Sourced
Maximum height	25 cm	25 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 28, 45, 50, 66, 76, 80, 86, 88, 92, 108, 115, 116, 133, 174, 175, 178, 203, 251, 270, 273, 299, 310, 347, 353, 356, 461, 468, 500, 507, 519, 555, 569, 589, 655, 664, 807, 853, 863, 882, 897, 898, 925	Sourced
Sexuality	empty	hermaphrodite · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4	Not on the record
Vegetable	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phenology
Bloom months	jun, jul, aug, sep	may, jun, aug · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 29 observations · 2026-10-20 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 45, 80, 115, 163, 174, 203, 264 jun\|jul\|aug\|sep · Plants For A Future · Reported · 2026-09-04 1 earlier or rejected value Superseded feb, may, jun, aug · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 29 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 45, 80, 115, 163, 174, 203, 264	Differs from sources
Duration	perennial	annual, perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 258 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 28, 71, 86, 92, 110, 175, 178, 203, 264, 299, 460, 461, 759, 818, 882, 918, 925 perennial · Plants For A Future · Reported · 2026-09-04	Sourced
Fruit months	jul, aug, sep, oct	jul\|aug\|sep\|oct · Plants For A Future · Reported · 2026-09-04	Differs from sources
Ecology
Atmospheric humidity	5 / 9 · medium air humidity	5 / 9 · medium air humidity · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Ground humidity	6 / 12 · moist (meso-hygrophilous)	6 / 12 · moist (meso-hygrophilous) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 203	Sourced
Light	7 / 9 · half-light to light	7 / 9 · half-light to light · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178	Sourced
Nitrogen fixation	High	High · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 20 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 20, 57, 67, 71, 92, 110, 130, 444, 445, 882 High · Plants For A Future · Inferred · 2026-09-04 PFAF states the species fixes nitrogen symbiotically; the None/Low/Medium/High class is the USDA PLANTS vocabulary and was read across rather than cited. Verify against the USDA characteristics record before treating as measured.	Sourced
Ph maximum	pH 7	pH 7 · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Ph minimum	pH 6	pH 6 · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Soil nutriments	6 / 9 · rather rich (meso-eutrophic)	6 / 9 · rather rich (meso-eutrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178	Sourced
Soil salinity	1 / 9 · barely saline (hyperoligohaline)	1 / 9 · barely saline (hyperoligohaline) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 242	Sourced
Cultivation
Minimum root depth	45 cm	45 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 8 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92, 339, 818, 898	Sourced
Raw
Pollinisation raw	insects (bees)	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Usda legacy
C n ratio	empty	10.4 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 43 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 50, 76, 88, 228, 307, 347, 372, 412, 468	Not on the record
Other
Human usage type	—	fodder · TRY Plant Trait Database · Reported · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Propagation method	—	seed, vegetative · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92, 174	Not on the record
Salt tolerance	—	Low · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Shade tolerance	—	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 13 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92, 174	Not on the record
Soil ph indicator	—	6 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178	Not on the record
Temperature indicator	—	5 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 203, 489	Not on the record

Trifolium repens L., 1753 58% complete

Dutch clover

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