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arrow-leaf clover

rabbitfoot clover, hare's foot

Habit Erect, pubescent annual, the 1-several stems 1-4 dm. tall, freely-branched.
Leaves

Leaves trifoliate, leaflets linear-oblanceolate, 8-25 mm. long;

stipules attached to the petioles, extending into narrowly awl-shaped free tips 5-10 mm. long.

Flowers

Inflorescence of many-flowered heads, 5-25 mm. long and 10-13 mm. thick, axillary as well as terminal on the many branches;

flowers 5-6 mm. long;

calyx with plumose, appressed, aligned hairs, the 5 teeth bristle-tipped, twice as long as the tube, surpassing the white or pale pink, pea-like corolla;

banner only slightly reflexed.

Fruits

Pod indehiscent, 1-seeded.

Trifolium vesiculosum

Trifolium arvense

Flowering time May-July May-July
Habitat Roadsides, fields, wastelots, and other disturbed open areas. Roadsides, fields, wastelots, and other disturbed open areas.
Distribution
Occurring in a few locations west of the Cascades crest in lowland western Washington; Washington to California; also in the south-central and southeastern U.S.
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Occurring chiefly west of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east to Montana, further eastward across the northern U.S. and southern Great Plains and Canada to eastern North America.
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Origin Introduced from Europe Introduced
Conservation status Not of concern Not of concern
Sibling taxa
T. albopurpureum, T. arvense, T. aureum, T. bifidum, T. campestre, T. cernuum, T. ciliolatum, T. cyathiferum, T. depauperatum, T. dichotomum, T. douglasii, T. dubium, T. eriocephalum, T. fragiferum, T. glomeratum, T. gracilentum, T. hirtum, T. hybridum, T. incarnatum, T. latifolium, T. longipes, T. macrocephalum, T. microcephalum, T. microdon, T. oliganthum, T. plumosum, T. pratense, T. repens, T. resupinatum, T. retusum, T. striatum, T. subterraneum, T. suffocatum, T. thompsonii, T. variegatum, T. willdenovii, T. wormskioldii
T. albopurpureum, T. aureum, T. bifidum, T. campestre, T. cernuum, T. ciliolatum, T. cyathiferum, T. depauperatum, T. dichotomum, T. douglasii, T. dubium, T. eriocephalum, T. fragiferum, T. glomeratum, T. gracilentum, T. hirtum, T. hybridum, T. incarnatum, T. latifolium, T. longipes, T. macrocephalum, T. microcephalum, T. microdon, T. oliganthum, T. plumosum, T. pratense, T. repens, T. resupinatum, T. retusum, T. striatum, T. subterraneum, T. suffocatum, T. thompsonii, T. variegatum, T. vesiculosum, T. willdenovii, T. wormskioldii
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