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arrowleaf clover

strawberry clover

Habit Plants annual, erect or ascending, 15–70 cm, glabrous; branched. Plants perennial, prostrate or creeping, 5–50 cm, pubescent or glabrous; branched; rooting at nodes.
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.

pinnate;

leaflets 3; ovate, obovate, or elliptic, 5–30 × 3–15 mm, bases cuneate;

margins spinulose-denticulate;

veins prominent, thickened, curved;

tips obtuse, often retuse;

surfaces abaxially hairy, adaxially glabrous;

petioles 10–90 mm;

petiolules ~1 mm;

stipules linear or lanceolate, dilated proximally, 13–20 mm;

margins entire;

tips subulate or acuminate.

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.

axillary; erect or ascending, 10–30-flowered, globose, 8–20 × 8–20 mm, distinctly involucrate by bracts of proximal flowers;

involucres cup-shaped;

bracts distinct or connate proximally, lanceolate-oblong, 3–6 mm;

bracteoles linear or lanceolate, 2–3 mm, acuminate or 2-fid.

Peduncles

10–120 mm.

30–170 mm.

Pedicels

absent.

straight; ? 0.5 mm.

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.

6–8 mm;

calyces tubular, inflated in fruit, markedly asymmetric-bilabiate, 2.5–7 mm, usually pilose to woolly, sometimes glabrescent;

veins 5–10, connected by reticulating lateral veins;

tubes 2–7 mm;

lobes unequal; abaxial straight; ? tube; very unequal in fruit; adaxial spreading in fruit; < tube;

orifices open;

corollas 5–8 mm, white to pink;

banners oblong-lanceolate, 5–8 × 2 mm;

tips emarginate to crenulate.

Fruits

ellipsoid, 2.5–3.5 mm; < calyces.

ovoid, 2.5–3 mm; < calyces; long-beaked.

Seeds

2–3; ovoid, 1–1.5 mm, brown, roughened.

1–2, globose-reniform, 1–1.4 mm, tan or brown-spotted; smooth; dull.

2n

=16.

=16.

Trifolium vesiculosum

Trifolium fragiferum

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.

Meadows, fields, roadsides, sandy and saline soil. Flowering Jul–Sep. 0–1500 m. BR, Col, ECas, Est, Lava, Owy, Sisk, WV. CA, ID, NV, WA; scattered in North America; Africa, Asia, Europe. Exotic.

Trifolium fragiferum is native to Eurasia. It is cultivated for pastures and in mixtures with grass for hay and silage and to a lesser extent as groundcover in orchards and vineyards and as a green manure cover crop (St. John et al. 2010).

Source Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 739
Michael Vincent
Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 728
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
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. 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. vesiculosum, T. willdenovii, T. wormskioldii
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