White clover is a stoloniferous plant with a shallow root system.
The primary stems of white clover usually die before the second year, and the life of the plant depends upon the stolons and their haphazard roots. The small white clover is probably native to an area and often is referred to as wild white clover. Most of the white clovers sold in this country as common white clover belong to the intermediate group. Dutch white clover, which is a strain of the species, belongs to this group, as does Louisiana Sl. The varieties Pilgrim, Merit, Regal and Tillman belong to the large group and often are referred to as ladino clovers.