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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Trifolium campestre
FAMILY
Fabaceae
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Learn more about Hop Clover from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Trifolium campestre
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Trifolium campestre
SYNONYMOUS WITH Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Trifolium campestre
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-14-013:
Trifolium campestre FAMILY Fabaceae
(?) (MISAPPLIED) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Trifolium procumbens
COMMON NAME:
Hop Clover, Low Hop Clover, Field Clover
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_trpr7_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm160331_209
March Greenville County SC
Field
Leaflets mostly denticulate above the middle, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Roxanna Martin rlm41711_240
April Spartanburg County SC
Heads ovoid, or globose to short-cylindric, 0.8-1.2cm in diameter, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Roxanna Martin rlm4911_38
April Spartanburg County SC
Peduncles 1-3cm long, 20-40 flowers per head, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Roxanna Martin rlm4911_43
April Spartanburg County SC
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JK Marlow s000423_j
April Greenville County SC
Usually 20+ flowers in each head, which is 1/2" long, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow s040420_b
April Greenville County SC
Churchyard or cemetery
Widely branched annual 4-12" tall with a hairy stem & branches, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
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JK Marlow s040430_ab
April Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow s040430_c
April Greenville County SC
Petiolule of the terminal leaflet 1-3mm long, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
COMPARE
leaves that are trifoliolate and pinnately compound
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_trifolium_campestre_3
May
Standard with 5 obvious diagonal veins (striations), per Weakley's Flora (2012).
COMPARE
Hop Clover species
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Stephanie C. Brundage scb_050316hayesvillenc_05
May Clay County NC
Roadside
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Steve Marlow snm140523_070b
May Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Heads generally have 20-30 flowers, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Trifolium campestre
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Trifolium campestre
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Trifolium campestre
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Trifolium campestre
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-14-013:
Trifolium campestre
FAMILY
Fabaceae
(?) (MISAPPLIED)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Trifolium procumbens
1536
Forb
Annual
Habitat: Roadsides, fields, lawns, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Eurasia
Common
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This plant may be causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:
LEAVES:
Odd-pinnately compound: 3 leaflets
Mostly alternate
Stipules conspicuous, persistent, & adnate to the petiole
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
3
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-parted papilionaceous corolla
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Legume
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p058
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p232
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p032
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p207
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p142
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p179
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p084
- Weeds of Southern Turfgrasses (Murphy et al., 1992) p146
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