North Carolina Wildflowers, Shrubs, & Trees

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Fabaceae > Trifolium (clover)
	Crimson Clover (Trifolium incarnatum) Caswell Co., NC 4 May 2006 Uncommon statewide in NC, Crimson Clover is introduced from Europe and may be found in various disturbed areas.

	White Clover (Trifolium repens) Tyrrell Co., NC 21 June 2003 Introduced from Eurasia, this is the common clover found in various disturbed areas including lawns. As is seen by this Sleepy Orange, White Clover (like many species of clovers) is often an attractive nectar source to a variety of bees and butterflies.

Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Common names from personal experience and supplemented by the following resources USDA plants website, Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and NatureServe.