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Trifolium scabrum L.

Rough clover

source: Aroche (2006), publisher: Wikimedia Commons (license CCASA 2.5 Generic)
source: Aroche (2006), publisher: Wikimedia Commons (license CCASA 2.5 Generic)

Nomenclature

GrinTax Trifolium scabrum L.
The Plant list Trifolium scabrum L.
English name Rough clover



Crop relationship
Red clover tertiary genepool
White clover same genus
Subterranean clover same genus



FLORON data (2024)
Indigeneity native
Trend since 1950 stable or increasing
Presence very rare
Status Red List: vulnerable
Legal protection unlisted

© NDFF, 2024
© NDFF, 2024

Legend distribution maps

upper map:

  • red: most recent observation year >= 2000
  • blue: most recent observation year < 2000
  • yellow circle: not wild.
  • source: Verspreidingsatlas.nl
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lower map:

Distribution area
Europe W-Europe
Asia Mediterranean region
Africa -
North-America -
South-America -
Australia SE-Australia
source: wilde-planten.nl, 2015
source: wilde-planten.nl, 2015

Expected distribution due to climate change

Expected distribution area in 2070 in the European region and in the Netherlands compared with current suitable areas under an optimistic and a pessimistic climate change scenario (see: About CWRnl / Methodology). Click on a map to enlarge.

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Optimistic scenario

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Distribution data GBIF, June 2016. doi:10.15468/dl.tihiea
Distribution data GBIF, June 2016. doi:10.15468/dl.tihiea

Pessimistic scenario

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Additional information

  • The Netherlands: Verspreidingsatlas.nl (FLORON), Soortenbank.nl (Naturalis Biodiversity Center), NL Soortenregister (Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
  • Belgium: waarnemingen.be, wilde-planten.nl (native and naturalized plant species in The Nederlands and Belgium; K.M. Dijkstra)
  • Germany: FloraWeb.de (Wildpflanzen und Vegetation Deutschlands; Bundesamt für Naturschutz)
  • UK: Ecological Flora of the British Isles (Univ. of York)
  • Ireland: Flora of Ireland (National Biodiversity Data Centre)
  • France: Tela-Botanica.org (La botanique francophone)
  • Spain: Anthos.es (in tab 'Searches' select button 'Search including synonyms'. Then select the taxon to be mapped.)
  • Italy: Flora Italiana
  • EOL.org (Encyclopedia of Life)