Trifolium vesiculosum |
Trifolium friscanum |
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arrow-leaf clover |
Frisco clover |
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Habit | Herbs annual, 15–70 cm, glabrous. | Herbs perennial, mat-forming, 0.8–3 cm, canescent. |
Stems | erect or ascending, branched. |
cespitose, acaulescent. |
Leaves | palmate; stipules linear-lanceolate, 1–3.5 cm, margins entire, apex subulate or setaceous; petiole 0.5–10 cm; petiolules 1 mm; leaflet 3, blades obovate to oblong, elliptic or lanceolate, 0.5–4 × 0.5–1.5 cm, base cuneate, veins prominent, thickened, margins spinulose-denticulate, apex apiculate, surfaces glabrous. |
palmate; stipules broadly lanceolate, 0.5–0.9 cm, margins entire, apex acute; petiole 0.3–1.5 cm; petiolules to 0.2 mm; leaflets 3, blades oblanceolate to obovate, often folded, 0.3–0.8 × 0.1–0.4 cm, base cuneate, veins thickened, obscured by pubescence, margins entire or toothed distally, apex acute, surfaces densely silvery-hairy. |
Inflorescences | terminal or axillary, 50–100+-flowered, globose, ovoid, or oblong, 3–6 × 2–3.5 cm; involucres absent. |
terminal, 4–9-flowered, globose or depressed-globose, 1–1.5 × 1–2 cm; involucres absent. |
Peduncles | 1–12 cm. |
1–3 cm. |
Pedicels | absent; bracteoles lanceolate, 6–7 mm, acuminate. |
erect, 0.5 mm; bracteoles absent. |
Flowers | 12–16 mm; calyx urceolate, not bilabiate, inflated in fruit, 6–10 mm, glabrous, veins 20–36, connected by transverse veins in fruit, tube 3–5 mm, lobes reflexed, subequal, subulate, as long as tube, orifice constricted; corolla white becoming pink, 12–15 mm, banner ovate, broadly clawed, striate, 12–15 × 2–4 mm, apex acute-acuminate. |
9–11 mm; calyx campanulate, 8.5–9.5 mm, canescent, veins 5–10 (obscured by hairs), tube 2.5–3 mm, lobes subequal, subulate, orifice open; corolla with magenta banner, pale pink wing and keel petals, 8–10 mm, banner oblong, 8–10 × 2–3 mm, apex acute. |
Legumes | ellipsoid, 2.5–2.5 mm, shorter than calyx. |
depressed-ellipsoid, 3–4 mm. |
Seeds | 2 or 3, brown, ovoid, 1–1.5 mm, roughened. |
1, brown, reniform, 2–2.5 mm, smooth. |
2n | = 16. |
= 16. |
Trifolium vesiculosum |
Trifolium friscanum |
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Phenology | Flowering Apr–Jul. | Flowering Jun–Jul. |
Habitat | Fields, roadsides, forest openings. | Volcanic gravel and limestone in pinyon-juniper woodlands. |
Elevation | 0–1000 m. (0–3300 ft.) | 2100–2300 m. (6900–7500 ft.) |
Distribution |
AL; AR; CA; FL; GA; LA; MA; MO; MS; OK; OR; SC; TX; VA; WA; s Europe; e Europe; w Asia [Introduced in North America]
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Discussion | Trifolium vesiculosum was first introduced into cultivation in the United States in 1963 and is grown in southern and western states (J. D. Miller and H. D. Wells 1985). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Trifolium friscanum is a rare species endemic to the Great Basin and is known from only five populations occupying nine sites in Beaver and Millard counties (D. Tilley 2012). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 11. | FNA vol. 11. |
Parent taxa | Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Trifolium | Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Trifolium |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | T. andersonii var. friscanum | |
Name authority | Savi: Fl. Pis. 2: 165. (1798) — (as vessiculosum) | (S. L. Welsh) S. L. Welsh: Rhodora 95: 407. (1993) |
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