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Genus: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
TRIFOLIUM (G, La)
Wild Clover (Le)
Family: FABACEAE
tri-, = three times, thrice;
folium, = a leaf.
(leaves are trifoliate)
(LS, Ws, Le)
Trifolium arvense (La)

Location: (P)
arva, = an arable field, cornfield;
arvus, arvum, = that has been ploughed, but not yet sown, ploughed, arable; an arable field, cultivated land, a field, ploughed land, glebe;
-ensis, = indicates country or place of growth or origin or else habitat.
(growing in fields or cultivated land)
(pertaining to fields or cultivated lands; presumably relating to its weediness)
(Alien)
(ld, BL, Cw)

The 2825 species, 684 genera and 186 families of plants have been compiled from the lists of the plants:

  • of the Hermanus Botanical Society compiled by Lee Burman, for the plants in the Fernkloof Nature Reserve, and the Vogelgat Private Nature Reserve, Hermanus. Location: (F).
  • of Mark Johns, Director of the Kogelberg Reserve, and of COASTEC, environmental consultants, for the plants in the Kogelberg Nature Reserve, Betty’s Bay, in the WesternCape Province, South Africa. Location: (K).
  • of Christopher Whitehouse, for the plants in the Phillipskop Mountain Reserve, Stanford, in the Western Cape Province, South Africa. Location: (P).

Suggestions for improvements to the lists and comments would be welcomed.