White clover
Trifolium repens (Latin for 'creeping' and/or 'crawling'), the white clover, is a herbaceous perennial plant in the bean family Fabaceae (otherwise known as Leguminosae).
The genus name, Trifolium, derives from the Latin tres, "three", and folium, "leaf"
The leaves form the symbol known as shamrock
Almost always, a white clover will be trifoliolate
However, one can possess four or more
It is native to Europe, and central Asia and is one of the most widely cultivated types of clover
It has been widely introduced worldwide as a forage crop
The species includes varieties often classed as small, intermediate and large, according to height
It is low growing, with flowering heads of whitish florets generally 1.5–2 centimetres (1⁄2–3⁄4 in) wide
White clover has been described as the most important forage legume of the temperate zones through Symbiotic nitrogen fixation
It also grows well as a companion plant
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