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Trifolium repens f. giganteum

Trifolium repens f. giganteum (Ladino clover, "Oshirotsumekusa")

Japanese name: オオシロツメクサ (大白詰草)
Scientific name: Trifolium repens f. giganteum

Trifolium repens f. giganteum

[Overview]
A perennial seen in grasslands and similar places.
A cultivar of Shiro-tsumekusa, larger overall than the basic species.
The stems branch freely and creep along the ground, rooting at the nodes and spreading in a mat, reaching about 1 m in length.
Leaves are alternate and consist of 3 leaflets.
The leaflets are obcordate, 3 cm or more both in length and width, notched at the tip, with a greenish-white V-shaped marking on the upper surface.
The leaf margins have fine teeth.
The leaves have long petioles.
Globose racemes 3 cm or more across arise from the leaf axils, densely bearing 30–80 white pea-type flowers.
The fruit is a legume.

Details

Names
English: Ladino clover
Japanese: オオシロツメクサ(大白詰草)、ラジノクローバー
Life form
Perennial
Habit
Terrestrial
Flowering season
May, June, July, August, September, October
Growth form
Creeping
Leaf arrangement
Alternate
Leaf margin
Dentate
Inflorescence
Raceme
Flower color
White
Leaf color
Green

Translated from our Japanese encyclopedia. If anything differs, the Japanese page is correct.

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