Taxon:  Trifolium alpestre L.



Summary
Genus:
Trifolium
Subgenus:
Trifolium
Section:
Trifolium
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Trifolieae
Nomen number:
40162
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. ed. 2, 2:1082.  1763
Verified:
03/23/2007 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
27 (26  active, 8  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Reference(s)
  1. Abberton, M. T. 2007. Interspecific hybridization in the genus Trifolium. Pl. Breed. (New York) 126:337-342. Note: this review cited Trifolium alpestre as a perennial, self-incompatible, 2n=16
  2. Afonin, A. N., S. L. Greene, N. I. Dzyubenko, & A. N. Frolov, eds. Interactive agricultural ecological atlas of Russia and neighboring countries. Economic plants and their diseases, pests and weeds (on-line resource).
  3. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
  4. Beetle, A. A. 1970. Recommended plant names. Univ. Wyoming Agr. Exp. Sta. Res. J. 31
  5. Davis, P. H., ed. 1965-1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands.
  6. Ellison, N. W. et al. 2006. Molecular phylogenetics of the clover genus (Trifolium - Leguminosae). Molec. Phylogenet. Evol. 39:688-705.
  7. Gillett, J. M. & N. L. Taylor (M. Collins ed.). 2001. The world of clovers 14.
  8. Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934-1964. Flora SSSR.
  9. Merker, A. 1988. Amphidiploids between Trifolium alpestre and Trifolium pratense. Hereditas (Beijing) 108:267.
  10. Pignatti, S. 1982. Flora d'Italia.
  11. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  12. Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963-. Flora iranica.
  13. Smythies, B. E. 1984-1986. Flora of Spain and the Balearic Islands: checklist of vascular plants. Englera 3:1-882.
  14. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
  15. Zohary, M. & D. Heller. 1984. The genus Trifolium 397.
Common names
LANGUAGENAMEALTERNATE NAMENOTESEQCITATION
English owl-head clover 1 Gillett, J. M. & N. L. Taylor (M. Collins ed.). 2001. The world of clovers 14.
English purple-globe clover 1 Beetle, A. A. 1970. Recommended plant names. Univ. Wyoming Agr. Exp. Sta. Res. J. 31
Swedish alpklöver 2 Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1Native  Romania  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusArmenia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusAzerbaijan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusRussian Federation-CiscaucasiaCiscaucasia 
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIran  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaTurkey  
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeBelarus  
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeRussian Federation-European partEuropean part 
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeUkraine  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeAustria  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeBelgium  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeCzechoslovakia  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeGermany  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeHungary  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropePoland  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeSwitzerland  
1NativeEuropeNorthern EuropeDenmark  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeAlbania  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeBulgaria  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeGreece  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeItaly  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeYugoslavia  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeFrance  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeSpain n.
Native

  • REGION:
Asia-Temperate
  • WESTERN ASIA: Iran, Turkey
  • CAUCASUS: Russian Federation-Ciscaucasia [Ciscaucasia], Armenia, Azerbaijan
Europe
  • NORTHERN EUROPE: Denmark
  • MIDDLE EUROPE: Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Hungary, Switzerland, Poland
  • EASTERN EUROPE: Russian Federation-European part [European part], Belarus, Ukraine
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Yugoslavia
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain (n.), France
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://grinczech.vurv.cz/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=40162. Accessed 28 April 2025.