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Taxon:  Trifolium fragiferum L.



Summary
Genus:
Trifolium
Subgenus:
Trifolium
Section:
Vesicastrum
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Trifolieae
Nomen number:
40230
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:772. 1753
Verified:
03/26/2007 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
409 (374  active, 263  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Amoria fragifera (L.) Roskov

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Amoria bonannii (J. Presl & C. Presl) Roskov
Trifolium bonannii J. Presl & C. Presl
Trifolium fragiferum L. subsp. bonannii (J. Presl & C. Presl) Sojak
Trifolium neglectum C. A. Mey.
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Common names
English
strawberry clover –
French
trèfle fraise –
German
Erdbeerklee –
Italian
trifoglio fragifero –
Japanese Rōmaji
tsumekusa-damashi –
Spanish
trébol fresero –
Swedish
smultronklöver –
Transcribed Chinese
cao mei che zhou cao –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaMacaronesiaSpainCanary Islands 
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaEthiopia  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaAlgeria  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaEgypt  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaLibya  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaMorocco  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaTunisia  
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-TemperateCaucasusRussian FederationStavropol 
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaKazakhstan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaKyrgyzstan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaTajikistan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaUzbekistan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian FederationChelyabinsk 
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian FederationKurgan 
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaAfghanistan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaCyprus  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIran  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIraq  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIsrael  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaJordan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaLebanon  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaSyria  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaTurkey  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentPakistan  
1NativeEuropeEast EuropeBelarus  
1NativeEuropeEast EuropeEstonia  
1NativeEuropeEast EuropeLatvia  
1NativeEuropeEast EuropeLithuania  
1NativeEuropeEast EuropeMoldova  
1NativeEuropeEast EuropeRussian FederationAstrakhan 
1NativeEuropeEast EuropeRussian FederationBashkortostan 
1NativeEuropeEast EuropeRussian FederationBelgorod 
1NativeEuropeEast EuropeRussian FederationBryansk 
1NativeEuropeEast EuropeRussian FederationIvanovo 
1NativeEuropeEast EuropeRussian FederationKaliningrad 
1NativeEuropeEast EuropeRussian FederationKalmykia 
1NativeEuropeEast EuropeRussian FederationKaluga 
1NativeEuropeEast EuropeRussian FederationKursk 
1NativeEuropeEast EuropeRussian FederationLipetsk 
1NativeEuropeEast EuropeRussian FederationMordvinia 
1NativeEuropeEast EuropeRussian FederationOrel 
1NativeEuropeEast EuropeRussian FederationOrenburg 
1NativeEuropeEast EuropeRussian FederationPenza 
1NativeEuropeEast EuropeRussian FederationRostov 
1NativeEuropeEast EuropeRussian FederationRyazan 
1NativeEuropeEast EuropeRussian FederationSaratov 
1NativeEuropeEast EuropeRussian FederationTambov 
1NativeEuropeEast EuropeRussian FederationTatarstan 
1NativeEuropeEast EuropeRussian FederationUdmurtia 
1NativeEuropeEast EuropeRussian FederationUlyanovsk 
1NativeEuropeEast EuropeRussian FederationVolgograd 
1NativeEuropeEast EuropeRussian FederationVoronezh 
1NativeEuropeEast EuropeUkraine  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeAustria  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeBelgium  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeCzechoslovakia  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeGermany  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeHungary  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeNetherlands  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropePoland  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeSwitzerland  
1NativeEuropeNorthern EuropeDenmark  
1NativeEuropeNorthern EuropeFinland  
1NativeEuropeNorthern EuropeIreland  
1NativeEuropeNorthern EuropeNorway  
1NativeEuropeNorthern EuropeSweden  
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: Spain [Canary Islands]
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ethiopia
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia
Asia-Temperate
  • CAUCASUS: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russian Federation [Checheno-Ingushetia, Dagestan, Kabardino-Balkaria, Karachay-Cherkessia, Krasnodar, North Ossetia, Stavropol]
  • MIDDLE ASIA: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  • SIBERIA: Russian Federation [Chelyabinsk, Kurgan]
  • WESTERN ASIA: Afghanistan, Cyprus, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Pakistan
Europe
  • EAST EUROPE: Belarus, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Moldova, Russian Federation [Astrakhan, Bashkortostan, Belgorod, Bryansk, Ivanovo, Kaliningrad, Kalmykia, Kaluga, Kursk, Lipetsk, Mordvinia, Orel, Orenburg, Penza, Rostov, Ryazan, Saratov, Tambov, Tatarstan, Udmurtia, Ulyanovsk, Volgograd, Voronezh], Ukraine
  • MIDDLE EUROPE: Austria, Belgium, Switzerland, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland
  • NORTHERN EUROPE: Denmark, Finland, United Kingdom, Ireland, Norway, Sweden
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Former Yugoslavia, Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Romania
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain, France, Portugal
Cultivated ()
Naturalized ()
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Animal foodforage Markle, G. M. et al., eds. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. 1998
Environmentallawn/turf Duke, J. A. Handbook of legumes of world economic importance. 1981
Environmentalsoil improver University of California Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program. UC SAREP on-line cover crop database (on-line resource).
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=40230. Accessed 18 July 2025.


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