*Trifolium arvense Linnaeus. Common name: Rabbitfoot Clover. Phenology: Mar-Oct. Habitat: Disturbed areas, shale barrens. Distribution: Native of the Mediterranean region.
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 parent genus | Show parent in key(s)
Heliophily ⓘ: 8
Hover over a shape, letter, icon, or arrow on the map for definition or see the legend.
© Erik Danielson source | Original Image ⭷
© Erik Danielson source | Original Image ⭷
© Scott Ward | Original Image ⭷
© Gary P. Fleming | Original Image ⭷
© Erik Danielson source | Original Image ⭷
© Bruce A. Sorrie | Original Image ⭷Feedback
See something wrong or missing on about Trifolium arvense? Let us know here: (Please include your name and email if at all complicated so we can clarify if needed.) We greatly appreciate feedback, and will include updates from you in our next webapp update, which can take a few months. If a species is not keyed, that's because keying is ongoing. Please don't send us feedback about unkeyed species.
Horticultural Information
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.