Hebrew: תלתן ארצישראלי, Arabic: نفل فلسطيني
| Scientific name: | Trifolium palaestinum Boiss. | |
| Common name: | Palestine clover | |
| Hebrew name: | תלתן ארצישראלי | |
| Arabic name: | نفل فلسطيني | |
| Plant Family: | Papilionaceae, פרפרניים |
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| Life form: | Therophyte, annual | |
| Leaves: | Alternate, compound, trifoliate, dentate or serrate | |
| Flowers: | White | |
| Flowering Period: | March, April, May | |
| Habitat: | Sand | |
| Distribution: | Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands | |
| Chorotype: | Mediterranean | |
| Summer shedding: | Ephemeral |
Derivation of the botanical name: Trifolium, Latin tri, tres, three; folium, leaf; three-leaved. palaestinum, from Palestine. 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..."
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