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Taxon:  Trifolium canescens Willd.



Summary
Genus:
Trifolium
Subgenus:
Trifolium
Section:
Trifolium
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Trifolieae
Nomen number:
40192
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 3(2):1369. 1802
Verified:
03/23/2007 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
22 (22  active, 8  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Reference(s)
  1. Afonin, A. N., S. L. Greene, N. I. Dzyubenko, & A. N. Frolov, eds. Interactive agricultural ecological atlas of Russia and neighboring countries. Economic plants and their diseases, pests and weeds (on-line resource).
  2. Davis, P. H., ed. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. 1965-1988
  3. Gillett, J. M. & N. L. Taylor (M. Collins ed.). The world of clovers. 2001 90.
  4. Rechinger, K. H., ed. Flora iranica. 1963-
  5. Smith, R. S. et al. 1988. Rhizobia inoculants for various leguminous species. Techn. Bull. Nitragin Co. 102:1-8.
  6. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. Flora europaea. 1964-1980
  7. Yakovlev, G. P. et al. Legumes of Northern Eurasia. 1996
  8. Zohary, M. & D. Heller. 1984. The genus Trifolium. 1984 385.
Common names
English
graying clover –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusArmenia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusAzerbaijan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusGeorgia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusRussian FederationChecheno-Ingushetia 
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusRussian FederationDagestan 
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusRussian FederationKabardino-Balkaria 
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusRussian FederationKarachay-Cherkessia 
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusRussian FederationKrasnodar 
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusRussian FederationNorth Ossetia 
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIran  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaTurkey  
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • CAUCASUS: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russian Federation [Checheno-Ingushetia, Dagestan, Kabardino-Balkaria, Karachay-Cherkessia, North Ossetia, Krasnodar]
  • WESTERN ASIA: Iran, Turkey
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=40192. Accessed 19 July 2025.


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