Taxon:  Trifolium incarnatum L.



Summary
Genus:
Trifolium
Subgenus:
Trifolium
Section:
Trifolium
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Trifolieae
Nomen number:
300619
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:769.  1753
Verified:
03/23/2007 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
18 (14  active, 11  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Trifolium incarnatum L. var. incarnatum (0 active accession[s])
Trifolium incarnatum L. var. molinerii (Balb. ex Hornem.) Ser. (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images


Reference(s)
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Common names
LANGUAGENAMEALTERNATE NAMENOTESEQCITATION
English carnation clover 1 Gillett, J. M. & N. L. Taylor (M. Collins ed.). 2001. The world of clovers 186.
English crimson clover 1 Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English Italian clover 1 Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
English scarlet clover 1 Gillett, J. M. & N. L. Taylor (M. Collins ed.). 2001. The world of clovers 186.
French farouche 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
French trèfle incarnat 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German Inkarnatklee 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Italian trifoglio incarnato 2 International Seed Testing Association. 1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
Japanese Rōmaji benibana-tsumekusa 2 Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan.
Portuguese trevo-encarnado 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Portuguese trevo-vermelho 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish trébol encarnado 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Swedish blodklöver 2 Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Chinese jiang che zhou cao 2 Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1Native  Romania  
1NativeAfricaMacaronesiaPortugalMadeira Islands 
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaTurkey  
1NativeEuropeNorthern EuropeUnited Kingdom  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeAlbania  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeBulgaria  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeGreece incl. Crete
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeItaly incl. Sardinia, Sicily
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeYugoslavia  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeFrance incl. Corsica
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropePortugal  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeSpain  
2Cultivated    also cult. in temperate regions
4Naturalized    natzd. elsewhere in temperate regions
Native

  • REGION:
Africa
  • MACARONESIA: Portugal [Madeira Islands]
Asia-Temperate
  • WESTERN ASIA: Turkey
Europe
  • NORTHERN EUROPE: United Kingdom
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Albania, Bulgaria, Greece (incl. Crete), Italy (incl. Sardinia, Sicily), Yugoslavia
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain, France (incl. Corsica), Portugal
Cultivated (also cult. in temperate regions)
Naturalized (natzd. elsewhere in temperate regions)
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Animal foodfodder Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
Animal foodforage Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
Bee plantshoney production Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Environmentalrevegetator Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Environmentalsoil improver University of California Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program. UC SAREP on-line cover crop database (on-line resource).
Human foodvegetableas sprouted seedsFacciola, S. 1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants Kampong Publications.
Vertebrate poisonsmammals Kingsbury, J. M. 1964. Poisonous plants of the United States and Canada.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2023. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grinczech.vurv.cz/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=300619. Accessed 23 September 2023.