Trifolium alexandrinum, Egyptian Clover, Berseem Clover,
Hebrew: תלתן אלכסנדרוני, Arabic: نفل البرسيم
Scientific name:  Trifolium alexandrinum L.
Common name:  Egyptian Clover, Berseem Clover
Hebrew name:   תלתן אלכסנדרוני
Arabic name:  نفل البرسيم
Plant Family:  Papilionaceae, פרפרניים

Trifolium alexandrinum, Egyptian Clover, Berseem Clover, نفل البرسيم,תלתן אלכסנדרוני

Life form:  Therophyte, annual
Leaves:  Alternate, compound, trifoliate
Flowers:  White
Flowering Period:   April, May
Habitat:   Batha, Phrygana
Distribution:   Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands
Chorotype:   Mediterranean
Summer shedding:  Ephemeral

Israel, Flowers, Plants, Palestine, Nature
Location: Kohav Hayarden (Belvoir)


Derivation of the botanical name:
Trifolium, Latin tri, tres, three; folium, leaf; three-leaved.
alexandrinum, of Alexandria in Egypt.
The Hebrew name: תלתן, taltan, clover, trefoil, from tlat (Aramaic) three; the clover is recalled in the Mishnah Kilayim 2:5, "[a field} of clover among which grew up..."
  • The standard author abbreviation L. is used to indicate Carl Linnaeus (1707 – 1778), a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, the father of modern taxonomy.

Israel, Flowers, Trifolium alexandrinum, Egyptian Clover, Berseem Clover, תלתן אלכסנדרוני
Location: Kohav Hayarden (Belvoir)