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Taxon:  Trifolium nigrescens Viv.



Summary
Genus:
Trifolium
Subgenus:
Trifolium
Section:
Trifoliastrum
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Trifolieae
Nomen number:
310557
Place of publication:
Fl. ital. fragm. 12. 1808
Verified:
03/26/2007 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
411 (405  active, 331  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Trifolium nigrescens Viv. subsp. meneghinianum (Clementi) Zohary (0 active accession[s])
Trifolium nigrescens Viv. subsp. nigrescens (5 active accession[s])
Trifolium nigrescens Viv. subsp. petrisavii (Clementi) Holmboe (3 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Reference(s)
  1. Ali, S. I. & S. M. H. Jafri, eds. Flora of Libya. 1976-
  2. Davis, P. H., ed. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. 1965-1988
  3. Duke, J. A. Handbook of legumes of world economic importance. 1981
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  9. Markle, G. M. et al., eds. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. 1998
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  11. Pignatti, S. Flora d'Italia. 1982
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Common names
English
ball clover –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaAlgeria  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaEgypt  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaLibya  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaMorocco  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaTunisia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusGeorgiaAjaria 
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaCyprus  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIran  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIraq  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIsrael  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaLebanon  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaSyria  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaTurkey  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeAlbania  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeBulgaria  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeFormer Yugoslavia  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeGreece  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeItaly  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeFrance  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropePortugal  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeSpain  
2Cultivated     
Native
Africa
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia
Asia-Temperate
  • CAUCASUS: Georgia [Ajaria]
  • WESTERN ASIA: Cyprus, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
Europe
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Former Yugoslavia, Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain, France, Portugal
Cultivated ()
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Animal foodfodder Markle, G. M. et al., eds. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. 1998
Animal foodforage Duke, J. A. Handbook of legumes of world economic importance. 1981
Bee plantshoney production Markle, G. M. et al., eds. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. 1998
Environmentalerosion control Markle, G. M. et al., eds. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. 1998
Environmentalsoil improver Duke, J. A. Handbook of legumes of world economic importance. 1981
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=310557. Accessed 19 July 2025.


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