Trifolium reflexum Linnaeus. Common name: Buffalo Clover. Phenology: Apr-Jul. Habitat: Open woodlands, woodland edges, dry shaly places. Distribution: NJ, PA, OH, IN, IL, IA, and se. NE south to FL, AL, MS, LA, and e. TX. This species appears to have declined very significantly in recent decades across most or all of its distribution.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, Can, FNA11.2, GrPl, K4, Mo3, Pa, RAB, S, S13, SE3, Tn, Tx, Va, W, WH3, WV, Chapel & Vincent (2013), Collins & Wieboldt (1992), Isely (1998); > Trifolium reflexum L. var. glabrum Lojac. — F, G, Il; > Trifolium reflexum L. var. reflexum — F, G, Il. Basionym: Trifolium reflexum L. 1753
Links to other floras: = Trifolium reflexum - FNA11.2
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Heliophily ⓘ: 7
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© Alan Cressler: Trifolium reflexum, Carters Lake, Hidden Pond Songbird Trail, Reregulation Dam Recreation Area, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Murray County, Georgia 1 by Alan Cressler source
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Horticultural Information
Intro: Erect to ascending annual/biennial of open woodlands, woodland edges and dry habitats over limestone and shale.
Stems: Stems branching from the base, smooth but hairy toward the summit.
Leaves: Leaves alternate; on petioles with a pair of hairy stipules at the base; divided into 3 oval leaflets, each 1/2-1 in. long, (usually) hairy and very finely toothed.
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Flowers: Flowers in stalked, rounded heads, about 1 in. wide, at stem ends and from upper leaf axils; white tinged with green (becoming pink then brown); about 1/2 in. long; bilaterally symmetric, with typical pea-flower shape; starting out erect but eventually spreading.
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Height: 8-20 in.
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description: Erect to ascending annual/biennial of open woodlands, woodland edges and dry habitats over limestone and shale.
stems: Stems branching from the base, smooth but hairy toward the summit.
leaves: Leaves alternate; on petioles with a pair of hairy stipules at the base; divided into 3 oval leaflets, each 1/2-1 in. long, (usually) hairy and very finely toothed.
inflorescence:
flowers: Flowers in stalked, rounded heads, about 1 in. wide, at stem ends and from upper leaf axils; white tinged with green (becoming pink then brown); about 1/2 in. long; bilaterally symmetric, with typical pea-flower shape; starting out erect but eventually spreading.
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