Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fabales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Trifolium reflexum
FAMILY
Fabaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Trifolium reflexum
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-14-010:
Trifolium reflexum
FAMILY
Fabaceae
COMMON NAME:
Buffalo Clover
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Jane Trentin jtr_3734b
May Pike County GA
Camp Thunder
Flowers borne on distinct pedicels, often curving or reflexing in age, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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Jane Trentin jtr_3734c
May Pike County GA
Camp Thunder
Calyx lobes 4mm or more long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_trifolium_reflexum_2
May
Standard usually red, decidedly darker than pink-to-white wing & keel petals, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_trifolium_reflexum_2b
May
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_t_reflexum_0032
May Iredell County NC
Leaflets 1-2.8x as long as wide; stems erect or ascending, per Weakley's Flora.
COMPARE
leaves that are trifoliolate and palmately compound
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_t_reflexum_0034b
May Iredell County NC
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_t_reflexum_0034c
May Iredell County NC
Calyx lobes subulate [awl-shaped], setaceous [having bristles], < 0.4mm wide, per Weakley's Flora.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Trifolium reflexum
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Trifolium reflexum
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-14-010:
Trifolium reflexum
FAMILY
Fabaceae
2673
Forb
Annual/Biennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Habitat: Open woodlands, woodland edges, dry shaly places, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Palmately compound: 3 leaflets
Mostly alternate
Stipules conspicuous, persistent, & adnate to the petiole
FLOWER:
Spring
Red/Rose/White/Pinkish->Brownish
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-parted papilionaceous corolla
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Spring
Legume
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p090
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p034
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p125
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p143
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p180
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p085