rabbit’s foot clover |
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Trifolium arvense |
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| Taxonomy | Family: |
Fabaceae (pea) |
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Faboideae |
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Trifolieae |
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Genus: |
Trifolium |
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Subgenus: |
Trifolium |
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Trifolium |
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| Nativity | Native to Europe, western Asia, North Africa, and Macaronesia. Introduced and naturalized in North America. |
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| Habitat | Dry. Disturbed sites, roadsides. Sandy soil. |
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| Flowering | May to September |
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| Flower Color | White to grayish-pink |
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| Height | 4″ to 16″ |
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| Identification | This is an anual plant with erect, softly hairy, freely branched stems. The leaves are compound, divided into 3 leaflets. The leaflets are up to ¾″ long and very narrow. Fuzzy, cylindrical lower heads, ¼″ to 1″ long, are borne at the ends of branches and on flower stalks emanating from some leaf axils. |
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| Synonyms | Trifolium arvense var. perpusillum |
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| Common Names |
hairy clover hare’s foot clover hare-foot clover hare-foot trefoil oldfield clover rabbit’s foot clover rabbit-foot clover rabbitfoot clover stone clover |
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