Summary
Place of publication:
Fl. ital. fragm. 12. 1808
Verified:
03/26/2007
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
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Common names
English
ball clover –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Africa | Northern Africa | Algeria | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northern Africa | Egypt | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northern Africa | Libya | | possibly introd. |
1 | Native | Africa | Northern Africa | Morocco | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northern Africa | Tunisia | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Caucasus | Georgia | Ajaria | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Cyprus | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Iran | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Iraq | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Israel | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Lebanon | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Syria | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Turkey | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Albania | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Bulgaria | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Greece | | incl. Crete |
1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Italy | | incl. Sardinia, Sicily |
1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Yugoslavia | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southwestern Europe | France | | incl. Corsica |
1 | Native | Europe | Southwestern Europe | Portugal | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southwestern Europe | Spain | | incl. Baleares |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | also cult. |
Native
Africa
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NORTHERN AFRICA:
Algeria, Egypt, Libya (possibly introd.), Morocco, Tunisia
Asia-Temperate
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WESTERN ASIA:
Cyprus, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
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CAUCASUS:
Georgia [Ajaria]
Europe
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SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE:
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece (incl. Crete), Italy (incl. Sardinia, Sicily), Yugoslavia
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SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE:
Spain (incl. Baleares), France (incl. Corsica), Portugal
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Animal food | fodder | | Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2 |
Animal food | forage | | Duke, J. A. 1981. Handbook of legumes of world economic importance |
Bee plants | honey production | | Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2 |
Environmental | erosion control | | Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2 |
Environmental | soil improver | | Duke, J. A. 1981. Handbook of legumes of world economic importance |
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=310557.
Accessed 22 March 2023.