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White Clover

©Philip Precey

White clover

Enw gwyddonol: Trifolium repens
A familiar 'weed' of gardens, roadsides, meadows and parks, White clover is famous for its trefoil leaves - look out for a lucky four-leaf clover in your own garden!

Species information

Category

Ystadegau

Height: up to 40cm

Statws cadwraethol

Common.

Pryd i'w gweld

May to October

Ynghylch

White clover is a very common plant of all kinds of grassy areas in the UK, from lawns to pastures, roadsides to meadows, as both a wild and sown flower. The famous trefoil leaves are collected by Wood Mice and are one of the foodplants of the common blue butterfly; the flowers appear from May to October and are sought after by all kinds of bumblebees.

Sut i'w hadnabod

Most white clover leaves have the familiar trefoil look with three green leaflets, often bearing white markings. The white, sometimes pinkish, flowers have rounded heads.

Dosbarthiad

Widespread.

Habitats

Roeddech chi yn gwybod?

There are clover farms in the USA that specialise in growing four-leaf clovers which they harvest and sell as good luck charms.

Sut y gall bobl helpu

Our gardens are a vital resource for wildlife, providing corridors of green space between open countryside, allowing species to move about. In fact, the UK's gardens provide more space for nature than all the National Nature Reserves put together. So why not try leaving wilder areas in your garden, such as patches of buttercups in your lawn or nettles near your compost heap, to see who comes to visit?