Fabaceae
Trifolium repens subsp. prostratum
Trifolium repens subsp. prostratum
Also known as Amoria biasollettiana, Amoria repens subsp. prostrata, Trifolium biasolettii, Trifolium prostratum
Flowering Plants · Native Plants · Clover · Trifolium · Ground Cover · Mediterranean · Perennial · Pollinator · Nitrogen Fixing · Low Growing · White Flowers · Legume
This prostrate subspecies of white clover forms a low, spreading mat suited to ground cover use in partly shaded garden beds or meadow plantings in Mediterranean-climate regions. Keep soil moderately moist and avoid heavily compacted or waterlogged conditions. It is a nitrogen-fixing plant that benefits surrounding plants and attracts bees and other pollinators.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately to keep soil consistently moist but not waterlogged · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 6–7
- Temperature
- -40°F to 90°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
Hardiness
USDA 3a-10b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 4 in – 12 in
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 8 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Shallow
- Flowers
- Yes
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Albania, Corse, France, Greece, Lebanon-Syria, Sardegna, Sicilia, Turkey, Turkey-In-Europe, Yugoslavia
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle, usda
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