Trifolium vesiculosum |
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arrowleaf clover |
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Habit | Plants annual, erect or ascending, 15–70 cm, glabrous; branched. |
Leaves | pinnate; leaflets 3, obovate to oblong, elliptic or lanceolate, 5–40 × 5–15 mm, bases cuneate; margins spinulose-denticulate; veins prominent, thickened; tips apiculate; surfaces glabrous; petioles 5–100 mm; petiolules ~1 mm; stipules linear-lanceolate, 10–35 mm; margins entire; tips subulate or setaceous. |
Inflorescences | terminal or axillary, 50–100+-flowered, globose; ovoid, or oblong, 30–60 × 20–35 mm; involucres absent; bracteoles lanceolate, 6–7 mm, nearly as long as calyces, acuminate. |
Peduncles | 10–120 mm. |
Pedicels | absent. |
Flowers | 12–16 mm; calyces urceolate; symmetrical, inflated in fruit, 6–10 mm, glabrous; veins 20–36, connected transversely in fruit; tubes 3–5 mm; lobes reflexed, subulate, subequal; as long as tube; orifices constricted; corollas 12–15 mm, white becoming pink; banners ovate, broadly clawed, 12–15 × 2–4 mm, striate; tips acute-acuminate. |
Fruits | ellipsoid, 2.5–3.5 mm; < calyces. |
Seeds | 2–3; ovoid, 1–1.5 mm, brown, roughened. |
2n | =16. |
Trifolium vesiculosum |
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Distribution | |
Discussion | Fields, roadsides, forest openings. Flowering Jun–Aug. 0–300 m. CR, WV. CA, WA; southeastern US; Asia, Europe. Exotic. Trifolium vesiculosum is native to Eurasia and is a recently introduced forage crop, the first cultivar of which was introduced in 1963; it is cultivated in the southern and western United States. |
Source | Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 739 Michael Vincent |
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