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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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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

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

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Legume

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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Trifolium dubium FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 098-14-014:
Trifolium dubium FAMILY Fabaceae

COMMON NAME:
Least Hop Clover, Low Hop Clover

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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_trdu2_001_lvd

JK Marlow s040421_ab

April Greenville County SC

Roadside

Leaves pinnately trifoliolate, terminal leaflet with a petiolule ~ 1mm long, per Weakley's Flora.

COMPARE leaves that are trifoliolate and pinnately compound

Steve Marlow snm140523_075b

May Greenville County SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

Standard inconspicuously veined; heads generally with 5-15(20) flowers, per Weakley's Flora.

COMPARE Hop Clover species