Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:766. 1753
Verified:
03/26/2007
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Common names
English
alsike clover – hybrid clover – Swedish clover – English (Canada)
alsike clover – French
trèfle bâtard – trèfle hybride – French (Canada)
trèfle alsike – German
Bastardklee – Schwedenklee – Italian
trifoglio ibrido – Japanese Rōmaji
tachi-oranda-genge – Portuguese
trevo-híbrido – Spanish
trébol híbrido – Swedish
alsikeklöver – Transcribed Chinese
za zhong che zhou cao –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Africa | Northern Africa | Morocco | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Caucasus | Armenia | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Caucasus | Azerbaijan | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Caucasus | Georgia | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Caucasus | Russian Federation | Checheno-Ingushetia | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Caucasus | Russian Federation | Dagestan | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Caucasus | Russian Federation | Kabardino-Balkaria | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Caucasus | Russian Federation | Karachay-Cherkessia | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Caucasus | Russian Federation | Krasnodar | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Caucasus | Russian Federation | Stavropol | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Iran | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Iraq | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Turkey | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Belarus | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Estonia | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Latvia | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Lithuania | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Moldova | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation | Arkhangelsk | |
1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation | Astrakhan | |
1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation | Bashkortostan | |
1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation | Belgorod | |
1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation | Bryansk | |
1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation | Chuvashia | |
1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation | Ivanovo | |
1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation | Kaliningrad | |
1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation | Kalmykia | |
1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation | Kaluga | |
1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation | Karelia | |
1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation | Kirov | |
1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation | Komi | |
1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation | Komi-Permyak | |
1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation | Kostroma | |
1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation | Kursk | |
1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation | Leningrad | |
1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation | Lipetsk | |
1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation | Mari-El | |
1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation | Mordvinia | |
1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation | Moscow | |
1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation | Murmansk | |
1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation | Nenets | |
1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation | Novgorod | |
1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation | Orel | |
1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation | Orenburg | |
1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation | Penza | |
1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation | Perm | |
1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation | Pskov | |
1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation | Rostov | |
1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation | Ryazan | |
1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation | Saratov | |
1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation | Smolensk | |
1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation | Tambov | |
1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation | Tatarstan | |
1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation | Tula | |
1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation | Udmurtia | |
1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation | Ulyanovsk | |
1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation | Vladimir | |
1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation | Volgograd | |
1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation | Vologda | |
1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation | Voronezh | |
1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation | Yaroslavl | |
1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Ukraine | | incl. Krym |
1 | Native | Europe | Middle Europe | Austria | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Middle Europe | Czechoslovakia | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Middle Europe | Hungary | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Middle Europe | Switzerland | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Bulgaria | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Former Yugoslavia | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Greece | | incl. Crete |
1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Italy | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Romania | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southwestern Europe | France | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southwestern Europe | Spain | | |
4 | Naturalized | | | | | natzd. throughout temperate regions |
Native
Africa
Asia-Temperate
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WESTERN ASIA:
Iran, Iraq, Turkey
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CAUCASUS:
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russian Federation [Checheno-Ingushetia, Dagestan, Kabardino-Balkaria, Karachay-Cherkessia, Krasnodar, Stavropol]
Europe
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MIDDLE EUROPE:
Czechoslovakia, Austria, Switzerland, Hungary
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EASTERN EUROPE:
Belarus, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Moldova, Russian Federation [Bashkortostan, Chuvashia, Kalmykia, Karelia, Komi, Mari-El, Mordvinia, Tatarstan, Udmurtia, Arkhangelsk, Nenets, Astrakhan, Belgorod, Bryansk, Ivanovo, Kaliningrad, Kaluga, Kirov, Kostroma, Kursk, Leningrad, Lipetsk, Moscow, Murmansk, Novgorod, Orel, Orenburg, Penza, Perm, Komi-Permyak, Pskov, Rostov, Ryazan, Saratov, Smolensk, Tambov, Tula, Ulyanovsk, Vladimir, Volgograd, Vologda, Voronezh, Yaroslavl], Ukraine (incl. Krym)
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SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE:
Former Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Greece (incl. Crete), Italy, Romania
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SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE:
Spain, France
Naturalized
(natzd. throughout temperate regions)
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Animal food | fodder | | Duke, J. A. 1981. Handbook of legumes of world economic importance |
Animal food | forage | | Duke, J. A. 1981. Handbook of legumes of world economic importance |
Bee plants | honey production | | Graham, E. H. 1941. Legumes for erosion control and wildlife. USDA Misc. Publ. 412. |
Environmental | erosion control | | Duke, J. A. 1981. Handbook of legumes of world economic importance |
Harmful organism host | crop diseases | fide Virus Diseases 35. 1987 | Converse, R. H., ed. 1987. Virus diseases of small fruits. USDA Agriculture Handbook 631 |
Harmful organism host | crop pests | fide Virus Diseases 35. 1987 | Converse, R. H., ed. 1987. Virus diseases of small fruits. USDA Agriculture Handbook 631 |
Vertebrate poisons | mammals | | Kingsbury, J. M. 1964. Poisonous plants of the United States and Canada. Note: poisonous |
Vertebrate poisons | mammals | | Cooper, M. R. & A. W. Johnson. 1998. Poisonous plants and fungi in Britain: animal and human poisoning Note: poisonous |
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