Trifolium nigrescensViv.

small white clover

WFO wfo-0000213035 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Trifolium nigrescens, photographed by Christian Berg
fig. a Christian Berg, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-05-14 / obs. 198322285
Trifolium nigrescens, photographed by Josep Gesti
fig. b Josep Gesti, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 192352522
Trifolium nigrescens, photographed by WATANABE Hitoshi 渡辺仁
fig. c WATANABE Hitoshi 渡辺仁, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 190159868
Trifolium nigrescens, photographed by WATANABE Hitoshi 渡辺仁
fig. d WATANABE Hitoshi 渡辺仁, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 190168439
Trifolium nigrescens, photographed by Andrea Meucci
fig. e Andrea Meucci, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 189892575
Trifolium nigrescens, photographed by hecklemore
fig. f hecklemore, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 190814734
Trifolium nigrescens, photographed by Pere Barnola
fig. g Pere Barnola, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 180332060
Trifolium nigrescens, photographed by Bastien Alegot
fig. h Bastien Alegot, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 135826194

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Native range 28 botanical countries

Regions where Trifolium nigrescens is native: Algeria, Azores, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, Albania, Baleares, Bulgaria, Corse, France, Greece, Italy, Kriti, NW. Balkan Pen., Portugal, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain, Türkiye-in-Europe AlgeriaEgyptLibyaMoroccoTunisiaCyprusEast Aegean Is.IranIraqLebanon-SyriaPalestineTranscaucasusTürkiyeAlbaniaBulgariaCorseFranceGreeceItalyKritiNW. Balkan Pen.PortugalSiciliaSpainTürkiye-in-Europe AzoresBalearesSardegna
Native distribution of Trifolium nigrescens, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Albania ALB EUROPE
Baleares BAL
Bulgaria BUL
Corse COR
France FRA
Greece GRC
Italy ITA
Kriti KRI
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Portugal POR
Sardegna SAR
Sicilia SIC
Spain SPA
Türkiye-in-Europe TUE
Cyprus CYP ASIA-TEMPERATE
East Aegean Is. EAI
Iran IRN
Iraq IRQ
Lebanon-Syria LBS
Palestine PAL
Transcaucasus TCS
Türkiye TUR
Algeria ALG AFRICA
Azores AZO
Egypt EGY
Libya LBY
Morocco MOR
Tunisia TUN

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 15 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Amoria nigrescens (Viv.) Fourr.
  • Amoria nigrescens subsp. petrisavii (Clem.) Soják
  • Trifolium hygrophilum Boiss.
  • Trifolium meneghinianum Clementi
  • Trifolium molybdocalyx Rchb.f.
  • Trifolium nigrescens subsp. dolychodon (Sommier) C.Brullo, Brullo & Giusso
  • Trifolium nigrescens subsp. meneghinianum (Clem.) M.Keskin
  • Trifolium nigrescens subsp. polyanthemum Asch. & Graebn.
  • Trifolium nigrescens var. dolychodon Sommier
  • Trifolium nigrescens var. gracile Lojac.
  • Trifolium nigrescens var. grandifolium Ertekin & Akbayın
  • Trifolium nigrescens var. intermedium Rouy
  • Trifolium nigrescens var. meneghinianum (Clementi) Hossain
  • Trifolium petrisavii Clementi
  • Trifolium thessalonicum Halácsy & Charrel

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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