3690.000 Trifolium L. - Clovers

Annual or perennial herbs. Stipules present and fused with the petiole. Leaves 3-foliolate. Flowers ± sessile in usually dense heads. Calyx teeth 5. Petals becoming dry and persistent after flowering. Upper stamen free, all or 5 of the filaments widened at the apex. Pod small, few-seeded, dehiscent or indehiscent, ± enclosed in the calyx.

Worldwide: 238 species in termperate and subtropical regions excluding Australia.

Britain: 0 cultivated taxa.