PERMATAS

WHITE CLOVER ON A DOCK ROOT!

We were once told that if we could find a white clover with a root like a dock or parsnip we would go a long way in solving the problem of supplying a clover adapted to dry temperate areas. We think we have found it in Permatas!

• A long lived perennial legume
• Highly persistent under heavy grazing
• Very drought tolerant
• Tap root to 50cm
• Palatable
• Easy to establish

Geographical range of adaptation:
Warm temperate and cool Mediterranean environments. (T. tumens is distributed throughout the Eastern Mediterranean, Caucasus and mountainous regions of the Middle East ).
This cultivar is considered a replacement for White Clover in those areas that are considered marginally too dry for that species. To be released in 2011.

Eric Hall (TIAR) exhibiting the tap root of T. tumens whilst collecting in Azerbaijan.

T. tumens illustrating its tap-rooting habit.

For more information, please download our fact sheet.