Weeds of Australia - Fact Sheet

Top Scientific Name Synonyms Family Common Names Origin Naturalised Distribution Notes

Scientific Name

Trifolium arvense L.

Synonyms

Trifolium arvense L. var. arvense

Family

Fabaceae (Queensland, the ACT, Victoria, Tasmania, and the Northern Territory)
Fabaceae: sub-family Faboideae (New South Wales)
Leguminosae (South Australia)
Papilionaceae (Western Australia)

Common Names

hare's foot clover, hare-foot trefoil, hare's-foot clover, old field clover, pussy clover, rabbit's foot clover, rabbit-foot clover, rabbitfoot clover, rabbit-foot stone clover, rabbit's-foot clover, rabbitsfoot clover, stone clover

Origin

Native to northern Africa, the Azores, the Madeira Islands, the Canary Islands, Europe, the middle-east and western Asia.

Naturalised Distribution

Widely naturalised in southern Australia (i.e. in southern and eastern New South Wales, the ACT, Victoria, Tasmania, many parts of South Australia and in south-western Western Australia). Occasionally also naturalised in south-eastern Queensland.

Naturalised overseas in New Zealand, North America (i.e. large parts of the USA and Canada), and on some Pacific islands (e.g. Hawaii).

Notes

Hare's-foot clover (Trifolium arvense) is regarded as an environmental weed in Western Australia and Victoria.