Trifolium semipilosum

Trifolium semipilosum, the Kenya clover or Kenya white clover, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It is native to Yemen, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi and Zimbabwe, and has been introduced to Saint Helena.^[1] It is a close wild relative of the important forage crop Trifolium repens (white clover).^[2][3]

Trifolium semipilosum
Close-up of leaf, found in Australia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Faboideae
Genus:	Trifolium
Species:	T. semipilosum
Binomial name
Trifolium semipilosum Fresen.
Synonyms[1]
Trifolium brunellii Chiov. ex Fiori

Subtaxa

The following varieties are accepted:^[1]

• Trifolium semipilosum var. brunellii Thulin – Ethiopia
• Trifolium semipilosum var. glabrescens J.B.Gillett – Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi and Zimbabwe
• Trifolium semipilosum var. intermedium Thulin – Ethiopia
• Trifolium semipilosum var. semipilosum - Yemen, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Malawi, and introduced to Zimbabwe and Saint Helena