Trèfle blanc
Trifolium repens
Une légumineuse vivace naine, prostrée et tapissante originaire d'Europe, naturalisée dans les pelouses, prairies et bords de route de toute l'Amérique du Nord. Elle ne pousse que quelques centimètres de haut et s'étend par des tiges rampantes qui s'enracinent aux nœuds, portant des feuilles trifoliées vertes et des capitules blancs globuleux qui s'épanouissent à la fin du printemps. Un fixateur d'azote et amendement naturel du sol dont les fleurs très décoratives sont particulièrement attractives pour les abeilles — bien que Missouri Botanical Garden le signale comme envahissant et adventice, et déconseille de le planter dans les jardins du Midwest.
Climate fit: moderate (69/100)
Filler
Pollinator
Light
Full sun / Part shade
Water
Moderate water
Mature size
3-6" tall · 12" apart
Hardy in zones
3a-10b
brutally cold to mild winters
AHS heat range
1-11
Plant range authored in AHS heat-zone terms.
Native in Illinois
No
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A documented larval host for the Eastern tailed-blue and 1 other species — caterpillars feed on its foliage before becoming the next generation.
Cold hardiness
Future
These values are location-based: this location's current hardiness is the baseline, and the 2050 value is a projected future climate for this same location.
Now
Zone 6b
USDA
Published baseline for this location from 1991-2020.
Source: USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map 2023 (1991-2020 climatology) via ArcGIS FeatureServer
Well-suited
2050
Zone 7a
Plotwright
Projected zone for this same location in 2050 (2041-2070) using SSP3-7.0 (regional rivalry).
Well-suited
In plain terms: This location is in Zone 6b today. Its hardiness profile is cold winters, and coldest nights are typically around -3°F. By 2050, the projected hardiness zone is Zone 7a based on SSP3-7.0 (regional rivalry). That is a +0.5-zone shift from Zone 6b to Zone 7a by 2050.
✓
Well-suited today and still thriving in 2050.
Heat tolerance
Future
Heat tolerance values are location-based too: heat days today are observed at this site, and the 2050 value projects this same location under a future climate.
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Where this plant fits
Suitable across 45 ecoregions — 45 climate-resilient through 2070. Best matches first.
Appalachian mixed mesophytic forests
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Appalachian-Blue Ridge forests
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Arizona Mountains forests
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Atlantic coastal pine barrens
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Blue Mountains forests
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California coastal sage and chaparral
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Canadian Aspen forests and parklands
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Central Pacific Northwest coastal forests
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Central Tallgrass prairie
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Central-Southern Cascades Forests
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Sources & citations
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Plotwright. (2026, May 17). Trèfle blanc (Trifolium repens). Retrieved 2026, June 14, from https://plotwright.garden/plants/trifolium-repens
Sources for every fact
Every fact on this page traces to a source. 18 fields cited - 18 source-backed.
Missouri Botanical Garden PlantFinder
Botanical research database
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