OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fabales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Trifolium campestre   FAMILY Fabaceae   Go to FSUS key



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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image of Trifolium campestre, Hop Clover, Low Hop Clover, Field Clover

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_trpr7_001_lvd

        

image of Trifolium campestre, Hop Clover, Low Hop Clover, Field Clover

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).

image of Trifolium campestre, Hop Clover, Low Hop Clover, Field Clover

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).

image of Trifolium campestre, Hop Clover, Low Hop Clover, Field Clover

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).

image of Trifolium campestre, Hop Clover, Low Hop Clover, Field Clover

Roxanna Martin    rlm4911_43

April    Spartanburg County    SC

image of Trifolium campestre, Hop Clover, Low Hop Clover, Field Clover

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).

image of Trifolium campestre, Hop Clover, Low Hop Clover, Field Clover

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).

image of Trifolium campestre, Hop Clover, Low Hop Clover, Field Clover

JK Marlow    s040430_ab

April    Greenville County    SC

image of Trifolium campestre, Hop Clover, Low Hop Clover, Field Clover

JK Marlow    s040430_c

April    Greenville County    SC

Petiolule of the terminal leaflet 1-3mm long, per Weakley's Flora (2012).


click here to see other plants that look similar to this COMPARE leaves that are trifoliolate and pinnately compound

image of Trifolium campestre, Hop Clover, Low Hop Clover, Field Clover

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_trifolium_campestre_3

May        

Standard with 5 obvious diagonal veins (striations), per Weakley's Flora (2012).


click here to see other plants that look similar to this COMPARE Hop Clover species

image of Trifolium campestre, Hop Clover, Low Hop Clover, Field Clover

Stephanie C. Brundage    scb_050316hayesvillenc_05

May    Clay County    NC

Roadside

image of Trifolium campestre, Hop Clover, Low Hop Clover, Field Clover

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

1536

Forb
Annual

Habitat: Roadsides, fields, lawns, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Eurasia

Common

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Invasive?

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

 

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