1537

Forb
Annual

Non-native: Europe

Documented growing wild in GA NC SC

Common (uncommon in Mountains)

Look for it on roadsides, in lawns, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

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Invasive?

This plant may be causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:

• Brooklyn Botanic Garden

 

 

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

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Yellow
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!

• Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p058
• Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p033
• Wildflowers of Tennessee p142
• Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p179
• Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p084
• Weeds of Southern Turfgrasses p147

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Trifolium dubium   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Trifolium dubium   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-14-014:
Trifolium dubium   FAMILY Fabaceae