Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Trifolium repens L.

Family: Fabaceae

Origin: introduced

Common names:

Dutch clover (1896-1929, Ottawa) (5, 45, 68, 156, 157, 158)

Dutch white clover (1937, TX) (122, 124)

Honey-stalks [Honey stalks] (1900-1923?, obsolete by 1923) (5, 156, 157, 158)

Honeysuckle (1896, Oxford Co. ME) (76)

Honeysuckle clover [Honeysuckle-clover] (1900-1923?, obsolete by 1923) (5, 156, 158)

Ladino clover (1986) (4)

Lamb-sucklings [Lamb's sucklings, Lamb sucklings] (1900-1923?, obsolete by 1923) (5, 156, 157, 158)

Purple-grass [Purple grass] (1900-1929) (5, 157, 158)

Purplewort [Purple wort] (1900-1929) (5, 157, 158)

Quillet (1900-1929) (157, 158)

Shamrock (1876-1923) (5, 92, 156)

Sheep's-gowan [Sheep's gowan] (1900-1923?, obsolete by 1923) (5, 156, 157, 158)

Suckling (1900-1929) (157, 158)

Trefle Blanc (1892, French) (1892) (6)

White clover (1770-Present) (3, 4, 5, 6, 19, 41, 45, 50, 57, 63, 68, 72, 82, 85, 92, 93, 95, 97, 106, 107, 114, 129, 131, 138, 155, 156, 157, 158)

White honeysuckle (1900-1929, misapplied) (157, 158)

White shamrock (1876-1929) (92, 157, 158)

White trefoil (1900-1936N) (5, 93, 156, 157, 158)

Wiesen Klee (1892, German) (6)

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