There is often a pale green, V-shaped mark on the top side of the leaf. The flowers form a small, reddish colored ball. Clover White clover does not grow upright like red clover. The main stems trail along the ground with only the leaf and flower stems growing upward. White clover does not have hair on stems and leaves like red clover.
White clovers vary in growth height.
Short growing white clovers are referred to as Dutch types while tall growing white clovers are referred to as Ladino types. There are are also white clovers in between these extremes referred to as intermediate type white clovers.