Trifolium hirtum |
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rose clover |
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Habit | Plants annual, curved-ascending, 10–35 cm, densely spreading-hairy; branched. |
Leaves | pinnate; leaflets 3, obovate to oblong, 8–25 × 5–13 mm, bases cuneate; margins denticulate distally; veins prominent, closely-spaced; tips rounded; surfaces densely spreading-hairy; petioles 5–50 mm; petiolules ~0.5 mm; stipules lanceolate-ovate, 8–18 mm; margins entire; tips long-setaceous. |
Inflorescences | terminal on branches, 10–50-flowered, globose or ovoid, 15–25 × 15–25 mm, disarticulating at maturity into fruiting calyces; involucres enlarged stipules; bracteoles absent. |
Peduncles | absent. |
Pedicels | absent. |
Flowers | 10–17 mm; calyces campanulate, 7–11 mm, pilose; veins 20; tubes 2–5 mm; lobes subequal; abaxial slightly longer; orifices open, pilose; corollas 10–14 mm, pink to purplish red; banners lanceolate, 10–14 × 1–2 mm; tips acute-acuminate. |
Fruits | transversely dehiscent; ovoid, 2–3 mm; ? calyces; leathery distally. |
Seeds | 1, globose-ellipsoid, 1.5–2 mm, tan or brown; smooth; glossy. |
2n | =10. |
Trifolium hirtum |
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Distribution | |
Discussion | Fields, roadsides. Flowering Apr–Jun. 50–800 m. Sisk, WV. CA; southeastern US; Africa, Asia, Europe. Exotic. Trifolium hirtum is native to the Mediterranean region. It was first cultivated in California in the 1940s and is used as a forage plant and as a nitrogen source in roadside grass plantings (Love 1985). |
Source | Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 730 Michael Vincent |
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