trifolium repens, white clover, is a herbaceous perennial plant in bean family fabaceae, leguminosae. a forage crop in

herbaceous perennial plant bean family fabaceae leguminosae clover worldwide forage crop grassy area lawn garden species genus trifolium leaflet leaves green brown trifoliolate trefoil plantae tracheophytes angiosperms eudicots rosids fabales faboideae allotetraploid diploid ancestor disomic inheritance genetic diversity breeding glade meadow clearing grassland field grass lea