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Learn more about Hop Clover from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fabales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Trifolium campestre
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Trifolium campestre
FAMILY
Fabaceae
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)
Trifolium procumbens
COMMON NAME:
Hop Clover, Low Hop Clover, Field Clover
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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.
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.
Roxanna Martin rlm4911_38
April Spartanburg County SC
Peduncles 1-3cm long, 20-40 flowers per head, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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.
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.
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
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
Steve Marlow snm140523_070b
May Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Heads generally have 20-30 flowers, per Weakley's Flora (2012).