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Trifolium repens: White Clover Guide

The document provides information about white clover (Trifolium repens), including its biology, description, growth habit, method of reproduction, ecology, and control management. It states that white clover is a perennial plant with trifoliate leaves and creeping stems that root at nodes. It reproduces through both seeds and stolons. Control methods include cultural practices like tilling, hand pulling, hoeing, and mulching to desiccate rhizomes and prevent seedling establishment.

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Trifolium repens: White Clover Guide

The document provides information about white clover (Trifolium repens), including its biology, description, growth habit, method of reproduction, ecology, and control management. It states that white clover is a perennial plant with trifoliate leaves and creeping stems that root at nodes. It reproduces through both seeds and stolons. Control methods include cultural practices like tilling, hand pulling, hoeing, and mulching to desiccate rhizomes and prevent seedling establishment.

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htm Department of Agriculture
[Link] Semtokha: Thimphu
repens
Trifolium repens
LEGUMINOSAE

Weeds, leaflet 9

Contact us:

National Plant Protection Centre


Department of Agriculture
Ministry of Agriculture and Forests
Semtokha, Thimphu
P O Box: 670
Tel: +975-02-351016/351665
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Fax: +975-351656
Email: nppcsemtokha@[Link]
Weeds and Vertebrate Unit
Website: [Link]
National Plant Protection Centre,
Semtokha, Thimphu
Trifolium repens

White clover (common name)


Family: LEGUMINOSAE

Biology

Growth habit: Stem creeping, rooting from


joints, glabrous up to 10-30 cm

Description: It is glabrous perennial with


trifoliate leaves; leaflets ovate or circular with
minutely serrate margins and usually whitish
leaf marking on the upper mid surface. Stolons
initiated from leaf axils form a branched
network radiating from an initially tap-rooted
seedling. When this dies, the individual stolon
grow independently. The inflorescence are
globular racemes, with 20-40 florets at the end Elevation: Grows at altitude greater than 700
m.a.s.l.

of long peduncles originating from leaf axils


Control management
on the stolons, florets are white, often tinged
pink, becoming deflexed with age.
Cultural control: Minimize wet tillage; dry
tillage after harvest to desiccate rhizomes. It
Life cycle: Perennial
can be also controlled by hand pulling, hoeing
and mulching. Depending on the size and
Competitiveness: Moderate to high
depth of the mulch, it can prevent the seedling
establishment. Before seeds germinate, a
Method of reproduction: Seeds and stolons.
4-inch thick organic mulch can prevent clover
establishment. Organic mulch can also be
Ecology
applied after the seedling have germinated
but must be applied in thicker layer and must
Found in: Found in wide range of soil and
cover the plants completely to block out all
environment condition.
light.

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