OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Trifolium dubium   FAMILY Fabaceae

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

Trifolium dubium

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

Trifolium dubium

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

Trifolium dubium   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Trifolium dubium

 

COMMON NAME:
 Least Hop Clover, Low Hop Clover, Suckling Clover, Little Hop Clover

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image of Trifolium dubium, Least Hop Clover, Low Hop Clover, Suckling Clover, Little Hop Clover

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

        

image of Trifolium dubium, Least Hop Clover, Low Hop Clover, Suckling Clover, Little Hop Clover

JK Marlow    s040421_ab

April    Greenville County    SC

Roadside

Leaves pinnately trifoliolate, terminal leaflet with a petiolule ~ 1mm long, per Weakley's Flora (2012).

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image of Trifolium dubium, Least Hop Clover, Low Hop Clover, Suckling Clover, Little Hop Clover

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 (2012).

click here to see other plants that look similar to this COMPARE Hop Clover species

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Trifolium dubium   FAMILY Fabaceae

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

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

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
 Trifolium dubium

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

1537

Forb
Annual

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

Non-native: Europe

Common (uncommon in Carolina Mountains)

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Invasive?

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
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

 

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