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arrowleaf clover

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

Distribution
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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
Sibling taxa
T. albopurpureum, T. angustifolium, T. appendiculatum, T. arvense, T. aureum, T. barbigerum, T. beckwithii, T. bifidum, T. breweri, T. campestre, T. cernuum, T. ciliolatum, T. cyathiferum, T. depauperatum, T. dichotomum, T. douglasii, T. dubium, T. echinatum, T. eriocephalum, T. fragiferum, T. fucatum, T. glomeratum, T. gymnocarpon, T. hirtum, T. howellii, T. hybridum, T. incarnatum, T. latifolium, T. leibergii, T. longipes, T. macraei, T. macrocephalum, T. microcephalum, T. microdon, T. obtusiflorum, T. oliganthum, T. owyheense, T. plumosum, T. pratense, T. productum, T. repens, T. resupinatum, T. retusum, T. siskiyouense, T. striatum, T. subterraneum, T. suffocatum, T. tomentosum, T. variegatum, T. willdenovii, T. wormskioldii
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