Trifolium andersonii |
Trifolium bejariense |
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Anderson's clover, fiveleaf clover |
bejar clover |
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Habit | Herbs perennial, 5–12 cm, canescent. | Herbs annual, 5–25 cm, pilose. | ||||||||
Stems | erect-ascending, cespitose, mat-forming, branched; from deep taproot-like crown. |
erect or ascending, branched. |
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Leaves | palmate; stipules ovate or lanceolate, 0.5–1.5 cm, margins entire, apex long-acuminate; petiole 1–5 cm; petiolules to 0.5 mm; leaflets (3–)5, blades obovate, 0.5–2.2 × 0.2–1.2 cm, base cuneate, veins obscured by pubescence, margins entire, apex rounded or acute, apiculate, surfaces canescent. |
palmate; stipules oblong to ovate, 0.8–1 cm, margins slightly denticulate or entire, apex acute to acuminate; petiole 1–5 cm; petiolules to 1 mm; leaflets 3, blades obovate, 0.7–1.4 × 0.3–0.8 cm, base broadly cuneate, veins thickened, recurved, margins slightly denticulate, apex rounded or retuse, surfaces pubescent abaxially, glabrous adaxially. |
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Inflorescences | axillary, 10–20-flowered, depressed-globose, 1–2 × 1–2.3 cm; involucres formed of connate, narrow, membranous bracts, to 0.5 mm. |
axillary or terminal, 5–15-flowered, globose or subglobose, 1–2 × 1.5–2 cm; involucres floral bracts forming a small, scarious involucre. |
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Peduncles | 1–14 cm. |
geniculate proximal to flowers, inflorescence appearing inverted, 2.5–11 cm. |
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Pedicels | absent; bracteoles absent. |
curved, 3–4 mm; bracteoles broadly rhombic, membranous, to 0.5 mm, margins dentate. |
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Flowers | 10–17 mm; calyx campanulate, 9–11 mm, pilose, veins 10, tube 4–5 mm, lobes equal, subulate, plumose, orifice open; corolla white or pink, 10–17 mm, banner ovate-oblong, 12–19 × 3–5 mm, apex rounded, retuse. |
7–9 mm; calyx campanulate, markedly bilabiate, venation strongly reticulate, 5–6 mm, sparsely pilose marginally, veins 5, reticulate in lobes, tube 0.7–1 mm, lobes unequal, abaxial 3 triangular-ovate, 2–3 mm, central abaxial lobe nearly linear, pubescent only along margins, adaxial 2 obovate, 5 mm, orifice open; corolla white, tinged with pink or lavender, darkening in age, 6–8 mm, banner broadly ovate, 6–8 × 5–6 mm, apex rounded, denticulate. |
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Legumes | ellipsoid, 4–5 mm. |
oblong-ovoid, 3–4 mm. |
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Seeds | 1 (or 2), tan or brown, irregularly ovoid, 1.6–2 mm, smooth, glossy. |
2–6, yellow, globose to mitten-shaped, 1.1–1.6 mm, rugose. |
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2n | = 16. |
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Trifolium andersonii |
Trifolium bejariense |
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Phenology | Flowering Mar–May. | |||||||||
Habitat | Sandy prairies, open woods. | |||||||||
Elevation | 0–100 m. (0–300 ft.) | |||||||||
Distribution |
w United States
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AR; LA; TX |
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Discussion | Subspecies 3 (3 in the flora). Trifolium andersonii encompasses three moderately well separable subspecies, with subsp. andersonii the more northern form in the range of the species, subsp. monoense in the southwestern portion of the range, and subsp. beatleyae in the eastern portion of the range (J. M. Gillett 1972). Intermediates between the latter two (and overlap in their ranges) make differentiation between them somewhat problematic, which prompted R. C. Barneby (1989) to combine them as var. beatleyae. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Trifolium bejariense ranges in east-central Texas from Hunt and Lamar counties in the north, southward to Fort Bend and Harris counties, and westward to Travis and Wilson counties; the species is also known from Acadia and Rapides parishes in Louisiana, and Nevada County in Arkansas. L. F. McDermott reduced Trifolium bejariense to T. carolinianum forma bejariense (Moricand) McDermott. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 11. | FNA vol. 11. | ||||||||
Parent taxa | Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Trifolium | Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Trifolium | ||||||||
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Synonyms | T. macrocalyx | |||||||||
Name authority | A. Gray: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 6: 522. (1865) | Moricand: Pl. Nouv. Amér., 2, plate 2. (1834) | ||||||||
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