Lucky Clover

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Learn More. This means that multiple four-leaf clovers could be found in the same cloverplant. Researchers from the University of Georgia have reported finding the gene that turns ordinary three-leaf clovers into the coveted four-leaf types.

Masked by the three-leaf gene and strongly influenced by environmental condition, molecular markers now make it possible to detect the presence of the gene for four-leaves and for breeders to work with it.

The other leaf traits, the red fleck mark and red midrib, a herringbone pattern that streaks down the center of each leaflet in a bold red color, were mapped to nearby locations, resolving a century-old question as to whether these leaf traits were controlled by one gene or two separate genes.

White clover has many genes that affect leaf color and shape, and the three in the study were very rare. These traits can be quite attractive, particularly if combined with others, and can turn clover into an ornamental plant for use in flower beds.

There are some cultivars of white clover Trifolium repens which regularly produce more than three leaflets, including purple-leaved T. This may be another plant, or another genetic mutation.

Some genetic mutations in clovers include spade-like shaped leaves or a dotted rusty colour on the leaves. Trifolium repens "Good Luck" is a cultivar which has three, four, or five green, dark-centered leaflets per leaf.

Other plants may be mistaken for, or misleadingly sold as, "four-leaf clovers"; for example, Oxalis tetraphylla is a species of wood sorrel with leaves resembling a four-leaf clover.

Some folk traditions assign a different attribute to each leaf of a clover. The first leaf represents hope, the second stands for faith, the third is for love and the fourth leaf brings luck to the finder.

Others say that four-leaf clovers granted the power to see fairies, or that they are related to St.

Patrick's use of the shamrock to explain the Christian doctrine of the Holy Trinity to the Irish. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. A variation of the common clover, rare and said to bring good luck.

The term is also often used for the wood-sorrel Oxalis acetosella and Oxalis tetraphylla , a common potted plant.

Publisher, London, Pp Robert Hardwicke Publisher, London, P In a letter titled "Four-Leaved Clovers," St. That's a lot of luck".

Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 11 January Re: how common is a five leaf clover? Retrieved 7 December Vernon Register-News. Guinness World Record.