Trifolium resupinatumL.

reversed clover

WFO wfo-0000213063 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Trifolium resupinatum, photographed by Yann Kemper
fig. a Yann Kemper, CC0 1.0 / 2022-06-04 / obs. 203137299
Trifolium resupinatum, photographed by Jason Grant
fig. b Jason Grant, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 201257153
Trifolium resupinatum, photographed by Mehdi Chetibi
fig. c Mehdi Chetibi, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 201089737
Trifolium resupinatum, photographed by Duarte Frade
fig. d Duarte Frade, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 200673877
Trifolium resupinatum, photographed by Jochen Essig
fig. e Jochen Essig, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 200267670
Trifolium resupinatum, photographed by Duarte Frade
fig. f Duarte Frade, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 197497833
Trifolium resupinatum, photographed by Quentin Groom
fig. g Quentin Groom, CC0 1.0 / obs. 195063435
Trifolium resupinatum, photographed by Joseph Aubert
fig. h Joseph Aubert, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 194047607

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Native range 36 botanical countries

Regions where Trifolium resupinatum is native: Algeria, Canary Is., Egypt, Libya, Madeira, Morocco, Tunisia, Afghanistan, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Gulf States, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, North Caucasus, Palestine, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, Nepal, Pakistan, West Himalaya, Albania, Baleares, Bulgaria, Corse, France, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Krym, NW. Balkan Pen., Romania, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain, Türkiye-in-Europe AlgeriaEgyptLibyaMoroccoTunisiaAfghanistanCyprusEast Aegean Is.Gulf StatesIranIraqLebanon-SyriaNorth CaucasusPalestineTranscaucasusTürkiyeNepalPakistanWest HimalayaAlbaniaBulgariaCorseFranceGreeceItalyKritiKrymNW. Balkan Pen.RomaniaSiciliaSpainTürkiye-in-Europe Canary Is.MadeiraBalearesSardegna
Native distribution of Trifolium resupinatum, 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
Krym KRY
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Romania ROM
Sardegna SAR
Sicilia SIC
Spain SPA
Türkiye-in-Europe TUE
Afghanistan AFG ASIA-TEMPERATE
Cyprus CYP
East Aegean Is. EAI
Gulf States GST
Iran IRN
Iraq IRQ
Lebanon-Syria LBS
North Caucasus NCS
Palestine PAL
Transcaucasus TCS
Türkiye TUR
Algeria ALG AFRICA
Canary Is. CNY
Egypt EGY
Libya LBY
Madeira MDR
Morocco MOR
Tunisia TUN
Nepal NEP ASIA-TROPICAL
Pakistan PAK
West Himalaya WHM

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.

Flowering 748 in flower of 766 examined

Peak flowering in Jan. Each bar is the share of Trifolium resupinatum observations in which someone actually recorded the reproductive state and found the plant in flower, not the raw number of flowering records. That distinction matters: people observe plants far more in spring than in winter, so a bare count of flowering records partly measures when people go outside. Dividing by the number examined removes that. 748 of 766 examined observations were in flower, every one of them research grade. The whisker on each bar is a 95% Wilson interval. This is still a global aggregate and not a forecast for your garden: the same species flowers on different dates in different hemispheres. Where a species has fewer than 30 flowering records we do not draw this chart at all. Computed from 10.15468/dl.cgje2x.

Also published as 14 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 resupinata (L.) Roskov
  • Galearia resupinata (L.) C.Presl
  • Galearia resupinata subsp. suaveolens (Willd.) Soják
  • Trifolium bicorne Forssk.
  • Trifolium formosum Curtis ex Ser.
  • Trifolium resupinatum prol. suaveolens (Willd.) Rouy
  • Trifolium resupinatum subsp. suaveolens (Willd.) Ponert
  • Trifolium resupinatum var. gracile Rouy
  • Trifolium resupinatum var. microcephalum Zohary
  • Trifolium resupinatum var. robustum Rouy
  • Trifolium resupinatum var. suaveolens (Willd.) Asch. & Graebn.
  • Trifolium suaveolens Willd.
  • Trifolium tomentosum var. longipedunculatum Hossain
  • Xerosphaera resupinata (L.) Soják

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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