Trifolium campestre |
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hop clover |
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Habit | Plants annual, erect to ascending, 5–40 cm, slightly villous or glabrous; branched. |
Leaves | pinnate; leaflets 3, rhombic to obovate, 4–15 × 4–8 mm, bases cuneate; margins denticulate distally; lateral veins prominent; ± parallel, ascending; tips truncate or retuse; surfaces adaxially glabrate to strigose; petioles ? 1–1.5 times leaflet length; petiolules 0.5–0.6 mm in lateral leaflets, 3–5 mm in terminal leaflets; stipules ovate-lanceolate, 5–8 mm; margins entire, glandular; tips acuminate. |
Inflorescences | axillary, 30–60-flowered, globose or broadly ovoid, 8–15 × 7–10 mm; involucres absent; bracteoles reduced to fringe of red setae. |
Peduncles | 15–35 mm. |
Pedicels | reflexed, 0.7–1.2 mm. |
Flowers | 4.3–5 mm; calyces campanulate, strongly bilabiate, 1.3–1.5 mm, glabrous; veins 5; tubes 0.3–0.6 mm; lobes unequal; adaxial < abaxial and deltate; lateral and abaxial linear subulate; each tipped with 1–2 stiff hairs; orifices open; corollas 3.5–6 mm, yellow becoming brown, obviously ribbed; banners persistent, enveloping other petals; boat-shaped, obovate, 4.3–5 × 2.8–3.2 mm; tips broadly acute. |
Fruits | oblong, 2–2.5 mm; ? calyces, stipitate. |
Seeds | 1–2, ellipsoid, 1–1.5 mm, yellow; smooth, lustrous. |
2n | =14. |
Trifolium campestre |
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Distribution | |
Discussion | Roadsides, fields. Flowering May–Jul. 0–1900 m. BR, BW, Casc, Col, CR, WV. CA, ID, WA; throughout most of North America; worldwide. Exotic. Trifolium campestre is native to Eurasia and northern Africa and is found worldwide as a weed. Trifolium procumbens is a name that has been historically used for T. campestre (Dandy 1958) but has been rejected under Article 56 of the International Code of Nomenclature for Algae, Fungi, and Plants (Turland et al. 1996). |
Source | Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 724 Michael Vincent |
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Synonyms | Trifolium procumbens |
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