Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:772. 1753
Verified:
03/26/2007
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Common names
English
strawberry clover – French
trèfle fraise – German
Erdbeerklee – Italian
trifoglio fragifero – Japanese Rōmaji
tsumekusa-damashi – Spanish
trébol fresero – Swedish
smultronklöver – Transcribed Chinese
cao mei che zhou cao –
Distribution
| order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Macaronesia | Spain | Canarias | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Ethiopia | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Northern Africa | Algeria | | n. |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Northern Africa | Egypt | | n. |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Northern Africa | Libya | | n. |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Northern Africa | Morocco | | |
| 1 | Native | Africa | Northern Africa | Tunisia | | |
| 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 | North Ossetia | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Caucasus | Russian Federation | Stavropol | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Middle Asia | Kazakhstan | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Middle Asia | Kyrgyzstan | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Middle Asia | Tajikistan | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Middle Asia | Uzbekistan | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Siberia | Russian Federation | Chelyabinsk | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Siberia | Russian Federation | Kurgan | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Afghanistan | | |
| 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 | Jordan | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Lebanon | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Syria | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Turkey | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Pakistan | | |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | Kursk | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation | Lipetsk | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation | Mordvinia | |
| 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 | Rostov | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation | Ryazan | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation | Saratov | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation | Tambov | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation | Tatarstan | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation | Udmurtia | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation | Ulyanovsk | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation | Volgograd | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation | Voronezh | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Ukraine | | incl. Krym |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Middle Europe | Austria | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Middle Europe | Belgium | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Middle Europe | Czechoslovakia | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Middle Europe | Germany | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Middle Europe | Hungary | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Middle Europe | Netherlands | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Middle Europe | Poland | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Middle Europe | Switzerland | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Northern Europe | Denmark | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Northern Europe | Finland | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Northern Europe | Ireland | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Northern Europe | Norway | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Northern Europe | Sweden | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Northern Europe | United Kingdom | | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Albania | | |
| 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 | | incl. Sardinia, Sicily |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Romania | | |
| 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. |
| 4 | Naturalized | | | | | natzd. elsewhere |
Native
Africa
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MACARONESIA:
Spain [Canarias]
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NORTHERN AFRICA:
Algeria (n.), Egypt (n.), Libya (n.), Morocco, Tunisia
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NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Ethiopia
Asia-Temperate
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WESTERN ASIA:
Afghanistan, Cyprus, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
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CAUCASUS:
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russian Federation [Checheno-Ingushetia, Dagestan, Kabardino-Balkaria, Karachay-Cherkessia, Krasnodar, North Ossetia, Stavropol]
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SIBERIA:
Russian Federation [Chelyabinsk, Kurgan]
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MIDDLE ASIA:
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
Pakistan
Europe
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NORTHERN EUROPE:
Denmark, Finland, United Kingdom, Ireland, Norway, Sweden
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MIDDLE EUROPE:
Czechoslovakia, Austria, Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland
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EASTERN EUROPE:
Belarus, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Moldova, Russian Federation [Astrakhan, Bashkortostan, Belgorod, Bryansk, Ivanovo, Kaliningrad, Kalmykia, Kaluga, Kursk, Lipetsk, Mordvinia, Orel, Orenburg, Penza, Rostov, Ryazan, Saratov, Tambov, Tatarstan, Udmurtia, Ulyanovsk, Volgograd, Voronezh], Ukraine (incl. Krym)
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SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE:
Former Yugoslavia, Albania, Bulgaria, Greece (incl. Crete), Italy (incl. Sardinia, Sicily), Romania
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SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE:
Spain (incl. Baleares), France (incl. Corsica), Portugal
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Naturalized
(natzd. elsewhere)
Economic Uses
| Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
| Animal food | forage | | Cronquist, A. et al. 1972-. Intermountain flora. |
| Animal food | forage | | Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2 |
| Environmental | lawn/turf | | University of California Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program. UC SAREP on-line cover crop database (on-line resource). |
| Environmental | lawn/turf | for lawns and for green manure | Duke, J. A. 1981. Handbook of legumes of world economic importance |
| Environmental | soil improver | | University of California Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program. UC SAREP on-line cover crop database (on-line resource). |
| Environmental | soil improver | for lawns and for green manure | Duke, J. A. 1981. Handbook of legumes of world economic importance |
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