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Fabaceae
Trifolium

not marked as a favorite taxon *Trifolium subterraneum Linnaeus. Common name: Subterranean Clover. Phenology: Mar-May. Habitat: Disturbed areas, waste areas near wool-combing mills. Distribution: Native of Mediterranean Europe, Asia, and n. Africa. Reported for North Carolina and South Carolina by Isely (1990); reported for Piedmont of Georgia by Jones & Coile (1988), collected in Mississippi (Stone County) (S.W. Leonard, pers. comm. 2007), and Denton County, Texas (Cory 53247 BRIT, New York; Cory 53704 BRIT, New York; Wagner 84 TEX).

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Subgenus: Trifolium. Section: Trichocephalum.

ID notes: This species is easily recognized by its 2-5 flowered purple and yellow inflorescences and fruiting transformation into a subterranean bur (Isely 1998).

Origin/Endemic status: Mediterranean Europe and Africa

Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, Can, FNA11.2, K1, K4, NE, NS, POWO, SE3, Isely (1998); = n/a — RAB. Basionym: Trifolium subterraneum L. 1753

Links to other floras: = Trifolium subterraneum - FNA11.2

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