2518

Forb
Perennial

Non-native: Middle East

Documented growing wild in GA - -

Rare

Look for it in 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:
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!

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

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Trifolium fragiferum   FAMILY Fabaceae