Taxon:  Trifolium spadiceum L.



Summary
Genus:
Trifolium
Subgenus:
Chronosemium
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Trifolieae
Nomen number:
40368
Place of publication:
Fl. suec. ed. 2, 261.  1755
Verified:
03/23/2007 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
24 (19  active, 2  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Chrysaspis spadicea (L.) Greene

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Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. Afonin, A. N., S. L. Greene, N. I. Dzyubenko, & A. N. Frolov, eds. Interactive agricultural ecological atlas of Russia and neighboring countries. Economic plants and their diseases, pests and weeds (on-line resource).
  2. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
  3. Davis, P. H., ed. 1965-1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands.
  4. Gillett, J. M. & N. L. Taylor (M. Collins ed.). 2001. The world of clovers 378.
  5. Pignatti, S. 1982. Flora d'Italia.
  6. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  7. Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963-. Flora iranica.
  8. Smythies, B. E. 1984-1986. Flora of Spain and the Balearic Islands: checklist of vascular plants. Englera 3:1-882.
  9. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
  10. Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia Note: = Chrysaspis spadicea (L.) Greene
  11. Zohary, M. & D. Heller. 1984. The genus Trifolium 328.
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishbrown moor clover  1Gillett, J. M. & N. L. Taylor (M. Collins ed.). 2001. The world of clovers 378.
Swedishbrunklöver  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNoteReference
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusArmenia  Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia Note: = Chrysaspis spadicea (L.) Greene
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusAzerbaijan  Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia Note: = Chrysaspis spadicea (L.) Greene
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusGeorgia  Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia Note: = Chrysaspis spadicea (L.) Greene
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusRussian FederationChecheno-Ingushetia Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia Note: = Chrysaspis spadicea (L.) Greene
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusRussian FederationDagestan Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia Note: = Chrysaspis spadicea (L.) Greene
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusRussian FederationKabardino-Balkaria Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia Note: = Chrysaspis spadicea (L.) Greene
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusRussian FederationKaračaevo-Čerkesskaja Respublika Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia Note: = Chrysaspis spadicea (L.) Greene
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusRussian FederationKrasnodar Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia Note: = Chrysaspis spadicea (L.) Greene
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusRussian FederationNorth Ossetia Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia Note: = Chrysaspis spadicea (L.) Greene
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusRussian FederationStavropol Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia Note: = Chrysaspis spadicea (L.) Greene
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaKazakhstan w.Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia Note: = Chrysaspis spadicea (L.) Greene
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian FederationChelyabinsk Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia Note: = Chrysaspis spadicea (L.) Greene
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian FederationKurganskaja oblast' Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia Note: = Chrysaspis spadicea (L.) Greene
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian FederationSverdlovsk Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia Note: = Chrysaspis spadicea (L.) Greene
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian FederationTyumen Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia Note: = Chrysaspis spadicea (L.) Greene
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIran  Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia Note: = Chrysaspis spadicea (L.) Greene
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaTurkey  Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia Note: = Chrysaspis spadicea (L.) Greene
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeBelarus  Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia Note: = Chrysaspis spadicea (L.) Greene
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeEstonia  Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia Note: = Chrysaspis spadicea (L.) Greene
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeLatvia  Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia Note: = Chrysaspis spadicea (L.) Greene
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeLithuania  Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia Note: = Chrysaspis spadicea (L.) Greene
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeMoldova  Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia Note: = Chrysaspis spadicea (L.) Greene
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeRussian Federation-European partEuropean part Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia Note: = Chrysaspis spadicea (L.) Greene
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeUkraine  Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia Note: = Chrysaspis spadicea (L.) Greene
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeAustria  Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeCzechoslovakia  Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeGermany  Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropePoland  Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeSwitzerland  Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1NativeEuropeNorthern EuropeFinland  Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1NativeEuropeNorthern EuropeNorway  Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1NativeEuropeNorthern EuropeSweden  Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeBulgaria  Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeFormer Yugoslavia  Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeItaly  Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeRomania  Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeFrance  Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeSpain  Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • WESTERN ASIA: Iran, Turkey
  • CAUCASUS: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russian Federation [Checheno-Ingushetia, Dagestan, Kabardino-Balkaria, Karačaevo-Čerkesskaja Respublika, Krasnodar, North Ossetia, Stavropol]
  • SIBERIA: Russian Federation [Chelyabinsk, Kurganskaja oblast', Sverdlovsk, Tyumen]
  • MIDDLE ASIA: Kazakhstan (w.)
Europe
  • NORTHERN EUROPE: Finland, Norway, Sweden
  • MIDDLE EUROPE: Czechoslovakia, Austria, Switzerland, Germany, Poland
  • EASTERN EUROPE: Russian Federation-European part [European part], Belarus, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Moldova, Ukraine
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Former Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Italy, Romania
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain, France

Reference(s)
  1. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
  2. Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia Note: = Chrysaspis spadicea (L.) Greene
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=40368. Accessed 15 April 2026.