Trifolium arvense |
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hare's foot, hare's-foot clover, rabbit's-foot clover, rabbit-foot clover |
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| Habit | Herbs annual, 5–30 cm, villous. |
| Stems | erect, branched distally. |
| Leaves | palmate; stipules linear-lanceolate to ovate-oblong, 0.5–0.8 cm, margins entire, apex filiform; petiole 0.4–4.5 cm; petiolules 1+ mm; leaflets 3, blades linear-oblong to narrowly elliptic, 1–2 × 0.2–0.5 cm, base cuneate, veins fine, margins denticulate distally, apex mucronate, surfaces hairy. |
| Inflorescences | axillary or terminal, 30–100-flowered, ovoid or cylindric, elongate in fruit, 1–2.3 × 0.9–1.2 cm; involucres absent. |
| Peduncles | 0.5–2.5 cm. |
| Pedicels | straight, to 0.5 mm; bracteoles obtuse, to 0.1 mm. |
| Flowers | 5–8 mm; calyx campanulate, 5–8 mm, villous, veins 10, tube 1.2–1.8 mm, lobes purple or pink, subequal, setacous, orifice open, hairy; corolla white to pink, 3–6 mm, much shorter than calyx, banner narrowly ovate-elliptic, 5–5.5 × 1–1.5 mm, apex obtuse. |
| Legumes | ovoid, leathery distally, transversely dehiscent, 1.5–2 mm. |
| Seeds | 1, yellow, globose, 1 mm, smooth, glossy. |
| 2n | = 14. |
Trifolium arvense |
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| Phenology | Flowering Mar–Jun. |
| Habitat | Waste places, roadsides, fields. |
| Elevation | 0–1300 m. [0–4300 ft.] |
| Distribution |
AL; AR; AZ; CA; CT; DC; DE; FL; GA; IA; ID; IL; IN; KS; KY; LA; MA; MD; ME; MI; MN; MO; MS; MT; NC; ND; NH; NJ; NM; NY; OH; OK; OR; PA; RI; SC; TN; TX; UT; VA; VT; WA; WI; WV; BC; NB; NF; NS; ON; PE; QC; SPM; s Europe; w Asia; n Africa [Introduced in North America; introduced also in s South America (Argentina, Chile, Uruguay), s Africa, Pacific Islands (New Zealand), Australia]
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| Discussion | Trifolium arvense is widely distributed throughout the flora area. It was listed among cultivated clovers by F. J. Hermann (1953); J. M. Gillett (1985) expressed doubt that it had been cultivated. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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| Name authority | Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 2: 769. (1753) |
| Source | FNA vol. 11. |
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