Image ID: 19016
Image by: Ware, Richard & Teresa
Image Collection: NCBG Digital Library
PLANT INDEX
ID_PLANT: TRCA5
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Trifolium campestre
Include in WOTAS: 1
Publish to Web: 1
Last Modified: 2018-01-10
GENUS INDEX
GENUS CODE: TRIFO GENUS SCIENTIFIC:Trifolium GENUS AUTHORITY: L. GENUS COMMON: Clover GENUS SUMMARY: A genus of about 240-250 species, annual and perennial herbs, nearly cosmopolitan (primarily north temperate). GENUS IDENTIFICATION: GENUS REFERENCES: Zohary & Heller (1984)=Z; Isely (1998)=I. Draft key adapted from various published sources, including SE and C.
FAMILY INDEX
FAMILY CODE: FABACE FAMILY SCIENTIFIC:Fabaceae FAMILY AUTHORITY: Lindley 1836 or LEGUMINOSAE A.L. de Jussieu 1789 FAMILY COMMON: Legume Family FAMILY SUMMARY: A family of about 730 genera and 20,000 species, trees, shrubs, and herbs, cosmopolitan. FAMILY REFERENCE: Isely (1990)=SE (throughout the family treatment); Isely (1998)=I; Lewis et al. (2005); Wojciechowski, Lavin, & Sanderson (2004); Wilbur (1963a); Robertson & Lee (1976).
NCBG DESCRIPTIVES
INTRO:Erect to sprawling annual of roadsides, fields, lawns and disturbed areas. Native of Eurasia. STEMS: Stems branched, hairy. LEAVES: Leaves alternate, on petioles with a pair of stipules at the base, pinnately divided into 3 oval leaflets, each of which is about 1/2 in. long, finely toothed and smooth; the center leaflet is on a longer stalk. INFLORESCENCE: FLOWERS: Flowers in short-cylindric heads, about 1/2 in. wide, borne on hairy stalks from leaf axils; yellow; tiny; bilaterally symmetric and with typical pea-flower shape, the bannerpetal with conspicuous grooves or veins. FRUITS:Fruit a tiny, 1-seeded pod. COMMENTS: HEIGHT: 2-12 in. DURATION:
Annual, Biennial
HABIT:
Herb
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Alternate LEAF COMPLEXITY:
Trifoliate LEAF RETENTION: FLORAL CHARACTERISTICS
SYMMETRY:
Bilateral (Zygomorphic)
BLOOM TIME: Apr-Oct
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BLOOM COLOR: Yellow
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FRUITING PERIOD: DISTRIBUTION
HABITAT TYPE: Disturbed
NATIVE RANGE: HORTICULTURAL
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SOIL MOISTURE:
Dry, Average
LIGHT EXPOSURE:
Sun, Part Shade
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USDA Symbol: TRCA5
USDA Common Name: Field Clover
Native Status: L48 (I), AK (I), CAN (I), SPM (I)
Distribution: USA (AK, AL, AR, CA, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY), CAN (BC, MB, NB, NF, NS, ON, PE, QC), FRA (SPM)
Duration: Annual,Biennial
Growth Habit: Forb/herb
WEAKLEY FLORA
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Trifolium campestre
COMMON NAME: Hop Clover
SYNONYMY: [= C, I, K, Mo, Pa, RAB, SE, Va, W, WH3, WV; ? T. procumbens Linnaeus - F, G, S, misapplied]
PHENOLOGY: Apr-Oct.
HABITAT: Roadsides, fields, lawns, disturbed areas; native of Eurasia.
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RANGE MAP: Trifolium campestre.png
Key to Map SymbolsABOUT FAMILY (Weakley Flora) Fabaceae Lindley 1836 or LEGUMINOSAE A.L. de Jussieu 1789 (Legume Family) SUMMARY: A family of about 730 genera and 20,000 species, trees, shrubs, and herbs, cosmopolitan. REFERENCE: Isely (1990)=SE (throughout the family treatment); Isely (1998)=I; Lewis et al. (2005); Wojciechowski, Lavin, & Sanderson (2004); Wilbur (1963a); Robertson & Lee (1976).ABOUT GENUS (Weakley Flora) Trifolium L. (Clover) SUMMARY: A genus of about 240-250 species, annual and perennial herbs, nearly cosmopolitan (primarily north temperate). REFERENCE: Zohary & Heller (1984)=Z; Isely (1998)=I. Draft key adapted from various published sources, including SE and C.
HERBARIUM RESOURCES
SERNEC: Find Trifolium campestre in Southeast Regional Network of Experts and Collections (if available) UNC SERNEC: Find Trifolium campestre in
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Herbarium - Southeast Regional Network of Experts and Collections (if available)