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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 32. Chapters: Clover, Ivy, Fragaria vesca, Carpobrotus edulis, Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, Liriope muscari, Trifolium repens, Liriope spicata, Senecio kleinia, Vinca, Ajuga genevensis, Tradescantia pallida, Dicentra formosa, Vinca minor, Gaultheria shallon, Zoysia matrella, Fragaria chiloensis, Monardella odoratissima, Dicentra eximia, Ophiopogon, Vinca major, Lotus berthelotii, Tradescantia zebrina, Emerald Zoysia, Hen and chicks, Salvia sonomensis, Ophiopogon japonicus, Carex tumulicola, Ajuga reptans, Lobularia maritima, Oxalis oregana, Carex praegracilis, Tolmiea, Mahonia repens, Mesembryanthemum crystallinum, Ophiopogon planiscapus, Monardella villosa, Sedum reflexum, Viola labradorica, Groundcover, Teucrium scorodonia, Ribes viburnifolium, Monardella arizonica, Monardella macrantha, Geranium macrorrhizum, Fragaria xbringhurstii, Ophiopogon chingii. Excerpt: Clover (Trifolium), or trefoil, is a genus of about 300 species of plants in the leguminous pea family Fabaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution; the highest diversity is found in the temperate Northern Hemisphere, but many species also occur in South America and Africa, including at high altitudes on mountains in the tropics. They are small annual, biennial, or short-lived perennial herbaceous plants. The leaves are trifoliate (rarely 5- or 7-foliate), with stipules adnate to the leaf-stalk, and heads or dense spikes of small red, purple, white, or yellow flowers; the small, few-seeded pods are enclosed in the calyx. Other closely related genera often called clovers include Melilotus (sweet clover) and Medicago (alfalfa or 'calvary clover'). The "shamrock" of popular iconography is sometimes considered to be young clover. The scientific name derives from the Latin tres, "three," and folium, "leaf," so called from the characteristic form of the leaf, which has thr...
