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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Trifolium arvense
FAMILY
Fabaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Check out EDDMapS.org to see where this has been reported.
Learn more about Rabbitfoot Clover from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Trifolium arvense
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Trifolium arvense
SYNONYMOUS WITH Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Trifolium arvense
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-14-003:
Trifolium arvense FAMILY Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Trifolium arvense
COMMON NAME:
Rabbitfoot Clover
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_trar4_001_lvd
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Keith Bradley kab_t_arvense_2157
March Lexington County SC
Furry, oblong, grayish-pink or grayish-white flower heads, per Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977).
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Roxanna Martin rlm52310_297
May Spartanburg County SC
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Roxanna Martin rlm53010_803
May Spartanburg County SC
Long soft hairs of calyxes all but conceal tiny pink or white flowers, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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Roxanna Martin rlm53010_804
May Spartanburg County SC
Has a fuzzy, long head of tiny, grayish-pink flowers, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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Roxanna Martin rlm53010_805
May Spartanburg County SC
Flower heads are not subtended by leaves or expanded stipules, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm170603_189
June Hart County GA
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JK Marlow jkm210624_1520
June Spartanburg County SC
Leaflets are very narrowly oblanceolate, not more than 3/4" long, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
COMPARE
leaves that are trifoliolate and palmately compound
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JK Marlow s000604_c
June Greenville County SC
Field
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Trifolium arvense
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Trifolium arvense
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Trifolium arvense
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Trifolium arvense
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-14-003:
Trifolium arvense
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Trifolium arvense
1535
Forb
Winter annual
Habitat: Disturbed areas, shale barrens, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Mediterranean region
Common (rare in GA Mountains)
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Click here to see a map showing all occurrences known to SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria. (Zoom in to see more detail.)
This plant may be causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:
LEAVES:
Palmately compound: 3 leaflets
Mostly alternate
Stipules conspicuous, persistent, & adnate to the petiole
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Rose/Pinkish/White
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-parted papilionaceous corolla
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Legume
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p380
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p060
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p088
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p032
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p207
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p143
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p181
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p086
- Weeds of Southern Turfgrasses (Murphy et al., 1992) p145
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