Trifolium aureum |
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golden clover, golden hop clover, greater hop clover, hop clover, large hop clover, large hop trefoil, palmate hop clover, yellow clover |
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Habit | Herbs annual, 20–60 cm, glabrous or hirsute. |
Stems | erect, unbranched or profusely branched. |
Leaves | palmate; stipules oblanceolate, 0.9–1.5 cm, margins entire, apex acuminate or cuspidate; petiole 0.8–1 cm; petiolules 0–1 mm; leaflets 3, blades obovate to elliptic-lanceolate, 1–2.8 × 0.6–0.8 cm, base cuneate, lateral veins prominent, ± parallel, ascending, margins denticulate, apex acute, truncate, or retuse, mucronate, surfaces glabrous or sparsely hairy. |
Inflorescences | axillary or terminal, 20–80-flowered, usually ovoid-cylindric, sometimes globose, 1.2–2 × 1.3 cm; involucres absent. |
Peduncles | 2–5 cm. |
Pedicels | reflexed, 0.3–0.6 mm; bracteoles a fringe of red setae. |
Flowers | 7–8 mm; calyx campanulate, 2–2.5 mm, glabrous, veins 5, tube 0.8–1 mm, lobes unequal, adaxial deltate, 0.6–0.9 mm, 1/2 length of abaxial, abaxial linear, orifice open; corolla golden yellow becoming brown, 5–6 mm, banner persistent, obovate, boat-shaped, 4–4.5 × 2.4–2.6 mm, apex emarginate. |
Legumes | stipitate, oblong, 3–3.5 mm, longer than calyx. |
Seeds | 1, pale yellow-green, ovoid, 1–1.2 mm, smooth, glossy. |
2n | = 14, 16. |
Trifolium aureum |
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Phenology | Flowering Jun–Aug. |
Habitat | Roadsides, railroads, fields, disturbed woodland glades. |
Elevation | 0–1700 m. (0–5600 ft.) |
Distribution |
AK; CA; CT; DC; DE; GA; IA; ID; IL; IN; KY; MA; MD; ME; MI; MN; MO; MT; NC; NH; NJ; NY; OH; OR; PA; RI; SC; TN; VA; VT; WA; WI; WV; WY; AB; BC; MB; NB; NL; NS; ON; PE; QC; SK; SPM; n Europe; c Europe; w Asia [Introduced in North America; introduced also in s South America (Argentina, Chile), e Asia (e China), Pacific Islands (New Zealand), Australia]
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Discussion | Trifolium agrarium Linnaeus is a rejected name that has been used historically for T. aureum (J. E. Dandy 1958; N. J. Turland et al. 1996). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 11. |
Parent taxa | Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Trifolium |
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Synonyms | Chrysaspis aurea |
Name authority | Pollich: Hist. Pl. Palat. 2: 344. (1777) |
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