What is Clover?
{{otheruses}} {{Taxobox | name = Clover | image = Trefle2.1s.JPG | image_width = 240px | image_caption = clover inflorescence | regnum = [[Plant]]ae | divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]] | classis = [[Magnoliopsida]] | ordo = [[Fabales]] | familia = [[Fabaceae]] | subfamilia = [[Faboideae]] | tribus = [[Trifolieae]] | genus = '''''Trifolium''''' | genus_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]] | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = See text }} {{commons|Trifolium}} '''Clover''' ('''''Trifolium''''') is a [[genus]] of about 300 [[species]] of [[plant]]s in the pea family. It grows worldwide, mainly in the temperate [[Northern Hemisphere]], but many species also in [[South America]] and [[Africa]], including at high altitudes on mountains in the tropics. They are small [[Herbaceous plant|herbaceous]] plants. It has three sections to each leave, which looks like three leaves. This is called trifoliate. Clover is often associated with [[Ireland]]. == References == {{Biology-stub}} [[Category:Faboideae]]