WHITE CLOVER
(Trifolium repens)

White Clover

ID Features: Leaves
  • Dark green, trifoliate (3 leaflets)
  • Veins parallel
  • White, crescent-shaped mark (water mark) on each leaflet
  • Large, hairy, petioles
  • No stalk on middle leaflet

  • Flowers
  • White, round with pinkish cast
  • Growth
    Habit/Spread:
  • Perennial
  • Creeping stems root at nodes
  • Additional
    Notes:
  • Several other clover species may be a problem in turf.
        They vary in leaf shape and flower color