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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Trifolium vesiculosum   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Trifolium vesiculosum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)

Trifolium vesiculosum

 

COMMON NAME:
Arrowleaf Clover


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image of Trifolium vesiculosum, Arrowleaf Clover

Roxanna Martin    rlm52310_207b

May    Spartanburg County    SC

Leaflets are large, usually with white, V-shaped markings, per USDA NRCS Plant Fact Sheet.

image of Trifolium vesiculosum, Arrowleaf Clover

Roxanna Martin    rlm52910_242

May    Spartanburg County    SC

Flower heads are not subtended by leaves or expanded stipules, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Trifolium vesiculosum, Arrowleaf Clover

Roxanna Martin    rlm52910_245b

May    Spartanburg County    SC

Leaflets are rounded at the base, pointed at the tip, per USDA NRCS Plant Fact Sheet.

image of Trifolium vesiculosum, Arrowleaf Clover

Roxanna Martin    rlm6610_92

June    Spartanburg County    SC

image of Trifolium vesiculosum, Arrowleaf Clover

Roxanna Martin    rlm6610_97

June    Spartanburg County    SC

image of Trifolium vesiculosum, Arrowleaf Clover

JK Marlow    jkm170818_630

August    Jackson County    NC

Big Ridge Preserve

image of Trifolium vesiculosum, Arrowleaf Clover

JK Marlow    jkm170818_633

August    Jackson County    NC

Big Ridge Preserve

Initially, flowers are white to pinkish, turning brown when mature, per USDA NRCS Plant Fact Sheet.

image of Trifolium vesiculosum, Arrowleaf Clover

JK Marlow    jkm170818_634

August    Jackson County    NC

Big Ridge Preserve

image of Trifolium vesiculosum, Arrowleaf Clover

JK Marlow    jkm170818_635

August    Jackson County    NC

Big Ridge Preserve

image of Trifolium vesiculosum, Arrowleaf Clover

JK Marlow    jkm170818_636

August    Jackson County    NC

Big Ridge Preserve

image of Trifolium vesiculosum, Arrowleaf Clover

JK Marlow    jkm170818_637

August    Jackson County    NC

Big Ridge Preserve

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Trifolium vesiculosum   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Trifolium vesiculosum   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Trifolium vesiculosum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Trifolium vesiculosum

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3456

Forb
Winter annual

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

Non-native: southern Europe

Uncommon (rare in SC Coastal Plain)

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LEAVES:
Palmately compound: 3 leaflets
Mostly alternate
Stipules conspicuous, persistent, & adnate to the petiole

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-parted papilionaceous corolla
Superior ovary

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Legume

 

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