title: Trifolium semipilosum
text: # Trifolium semipilosum
  
  Trifolium semipilosum, the Kenya clover or Kenya white clover, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It is native to Yemen, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi and Zimbabwe, and has been introduced to Saint Helena. It is a close wild relative of the important forage crop Trifolium repens (white clover).
  
  ## Subtaxa
  
  The following varieties are accepted:
  
  * Trifolium semipilosum var. brunellii Thulin – Ethiopia
  * Trifolium semipilosum var. glabrescens J.B.Gillett – Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi and Zimbabwe
  * Trifolium semipilosum var. intermedium Thulin – Ethiopia
  * Trifolium semipilosum var. semipilosum - Yemen, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Malawi, and introduced to Zimbabwe and Saint Helena
  