Copy permalink to share
Fabaceae
Trifolium

not marked as a favorite taxon *Trifolium arvense Linnaeus. Common name: Rabbitfoot Clover. Phenology: Mar-Oct. Habitat: Disturbed areas, shale barrens. Distribution: Native of the Mediterranean region.

Glossary (beta!)

Origin/Endemic status: Mediterranean Europe and Africa

Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, Can, F, FNA11.2, G, GrPl, Il, K4, Mi, Mo3, NcTx, NE, NY, Pa, RAB, S, S13, SE3, Tat, Tn, Va, W, WH3, WV, Isely (1998). Basionym: Trifolium arvense L. 1753

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

Show in key(s)

Show parent genus | Show parent in key(s)

Heliophily ⓘ: 8

Your browser does not support SVGs

Hover over a shape, letter, icon, or arrow on the map for definition or see the legend.

image #1 of Trifolium arvense© Erik Danielson source | Original Image ⭷
image #2 of Trifolium arvense© Erik Danielson source | Original Image ⭷
image #3 of Trifolium arvense© Scott Ward | Original Image ⭷
image #4 of Trifolium arvense© Gary P. Fleming | Original Image ⭷
image #5 of Trifolium arvense© Erik Danielson source | Original Image ⭷
image #7 of Trifolium arvense© Bruce A. Sorrie | Original Image ⭷

Feedback

See something missing or incorrect about Trifolium arvense? Let us know here:
  1. Please include your name and if possible, email in case when need to clarify what you wrote.
  2. If you opt out of including email, please be as specific as possible (e.g., which photo is incorrect?)
  3. Please do not submit questions asking to identify plants or about horticultural topics (e.g., how do I control an invasive plant in my garden?). Instead, those questions can be submitted here for the Carolinas region only.
  4. Please do not send us feedback about unkeyed species as this work is ongoing.
  5. Please allow time for flora edits to show in our next data release. We greatly appreciate your feedback but may require extra time to research complicated taxonomic issues.

Horticultural Information

NCBG trait

Intro: Erect annual/biennial of disturbed areas and shale barrens. Native of the Mediterranean region.

Stems: Stems branched, hairy.

Leaves: Leaves alternate; on short, hairy petioles with a pair of tiny stipules at the base; divided into 3 elliptic-oblong leaflets, each 1/2-1 in. long and sparsely silky-hairy.

Inforescence:

Flowers: Flowers densely clustered in pinkish-gray, fuzzy-hairy cylindrical heads, 1/2-1 1/2 in. long, at ends of branches and from leaf axils. Each flower about 1/4 in. long; bilaterally symmetric; consisting of a white corolla of 5 petals, a greenish-red calyx with 5 bristly lobes, several inserted stamens, and a pistil with a single style.

Fruits: Fruit an oval pod.

Comments:

Height: 4-16 in.

plant sale text:

bloom table text:

description: Erect annual/biennial of disturbed areas and shale barrens. Native of the Mediterranean region.

stems: Stems branched, hairy.

leaves: Leaves alternate; on short, hairy petioles with a pair of tiny stipules at the base; divided into 3 elliptic-oblong leaflets, each 1/2-1 in. long and sparsely silky-hairy.

inflorescence:

flowers: Flowers densely clustered in pinkish-gray, fuzzy-hairy cylindrical heads, 1/2-1 1/2 in. long, at ends of branches and from leaf axils. Each flower about 1/4 in. long; bilaterally symmetric; consisting of a white corolla of 5 petals, a greenish-red calyx with 5 bristly lobes, several inserted stamens, and a pistil with a single style.

fruits: Fruit an oval pod.

comments:

cultural notes:

germination code:

native range:



0 unsaved edits on this page.