Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fabales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Trifolium fragiferum
FAMILY
Fabaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Check out EDDMapS.org to see where this has been reported.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Trifolium fragiferum
FAMILY
Fabaceae
COMMON NAME:
Strawberry Clover
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Trifolium fragiferum
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Trifolium fragiferum
FAMILY
Fabaceae
2518
Forb
Perennial
Non-native: Middle East
Documented growing wild in GA - -
Rare
Look for it in disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
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
Pink/ Purplish-red
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-parted papilionaceous corolla
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer
Reddish
Legume
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!