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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Trifolium dubium
FAMILY
Fabaceae
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Learn more about Least Hop Clover from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Trifolium dubium
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Trifolium dubium
SYNONYMOUS WITH Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Trifolium dubium
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-14-014:
Trifolium dubium FAMILY Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Trifolium dubium
COMMON NAME:
Least Hop Clover, Low Hop Clover, Suckling Clover, Little Hop Clover
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JK Marlow s040421_ab
April Greenville County SC
Roadside
Leaves pinnately trifoliolate, terminal leaflet with a petiolule ~ 1mm long, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
COMPARE
leaves that are trifoliolate and pinnately compound
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Steve Marlow snm140523_075b
May Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Standard inconspicuously veined; heads generally with 5-15(20) flowers, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
COMPARE
Hop Clover species
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Trifolium dubium
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Trifolium dubium
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Trifolium dubium
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Trifolium dubium
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-14-014:
Trifolium dubium
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Trifolium dubium
1537
Forb
Annual
Habitat: Roadsides, lawns, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Europe
Common (uncommon in Carolina Mountains)
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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
Yellow
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) p033
- 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) p147
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