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Taxon:  Trifolium incarnatum L.



Summary
Genus:
Trifolium
Subgenus:
Trifolium
Section:
Trifolium
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Trifolieae
Nomen number:
300619
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:769. 1753
Verified:
03/23/2007 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
93 (84  active, 77  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Trifolium incarnatum L. var. incarnatum (0 active accession[s])
Trifolium incarnatum L. var. molinerii (Balb. ex Hornem.) Ser. (11 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images


Reference(s)
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Common names
English
carnation clover –
crimson clover –
Italian clover –
scarlet clover –
French
farouche –
trèfle incarnat –
German
Inkarnatklee –
Italian
trifoglio incarnato –
Japanese Rōmaji
benibana-tsumekusa –
Portuguese
trevo-encarnado –
trevo-vermelho –
Spanish
trébol encarnado –
Swedish
blodklöver –
Transcribed Chinese
jiang che zhou cao –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaMacaronesiaPortugalMadeira Islands 
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaTurkey  
1NativeEuropeNorthern EuropeUnited Kingdom  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeAlbania  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeBulgaria  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeFormer Yugoslavia  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeGreece  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeItaly  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeRomania  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeFrance  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropePortugal  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeSpain  
2Cultivated     
4Naturalized     
Native
Africa
  • MACARONESIA: Portugal [Madeira Islands]
Asia-Temperate
  • WESTERN ASIA: Turkey
Europe
  • NORTHERN EUROPE: United Kingdom
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Former Yugoslavia, Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Romania
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain, France, Portugal
Cultivated ()
Naturalized ()
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Animal foodfodder Markle, G. M. et al., eds. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. 1998
Animal foodforage Markle, G. M. et al., eds. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. 1998
Bee plantshoney production Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992
Environmentalrevegetator Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992
Environmentalsoil improver University of California Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program. UC SAREP on-line cover crop database (on-line resource).
Human foodvegetable Facciola, S. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants. 1990
Vertebrate poisonsmammals Kingsbury, J. M. Poisonous plants of the United States and Canada. 1964
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=300619. Accessed 18 July 2025.


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