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Trifolium campestre

Trifolium campestre Schreb.

field clover, hop clover

Trifolium campestre (Field Clover)
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 banner petal with conspicuous grooves or veins.
FRUITS: Fruit a tiny, 1-seeded pod.
COMMENTS:
HEIGHT: 2-12 in.

DURATION: Annual, Biennial
HABIT: Herb

LEAF ARRANGEMENT: Alternate
LEAF COMPLEXITY: Trifoliate
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FLORAL CHARACTERISTICS
SYMMETRY: Bilateral (Zygomorphic)
BLOOM TIME: Apr-Oct
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BLOOM COLOR: Yellow
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DISTRIBUTION
HABITAT TYPE: Disturbed
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HORTICULTURAL
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SOIL MOISTURE: Dry, Average
LIGHT EXPOSURE: Sun, Part Shade
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GRIM ACCESSIONS

acc_id acc_num acc_dt coll_id Action
3391 1991-0018 View
4124 1992-0280 View
5322 1995-0444 View
5639 1995-0763 View

GRIM PLANTINGS

plt_num acc_id loc_num pers_num inst_dt Action
5625 3391 6 NCBG staff 1990-05-09 View
6452 4124 200 NCBG staff 1993-03-01 View
7779 5322 203 NCBG staff 1992-01-01 View
7780 5322 203 NCBG staff 1992-01-01 View
8153 5639 204 NCBG staff 1993-01-01 View

USDA PLANTS DATABASE

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.
COMMENTS:
RANGE MAP: Trifolium campestre.png

Key to Map Symbols
ABOUT 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)

WEB RESOURCES

USDA: Find Trifolium campestre in USDA Plants
NPIN: Find Trifolium campestre in NPIN Database
FNA: Find Trifolium campestre in the Flora of North America (if available)
Google: Search Google for Trifolium campestre

IMAGE USE RECORDS

ID IMAGE: 19016 - Primary Image FloraQuest Plant Detail Page (Landscape Preferred)
ID IMAGE1: 19016 - Primary Image WOTAS
ID IMAGE2: 0 - Secondary Image WOTAS
ID IMAGE3: 19016 - Primary Image Plant Sale Sign (Landscape Only)
ID IMAGE4: 0 - Primary Image New Plant Sale Label (Portrait Only)

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