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*Trifolium aureum Pollich. Subgenus: Chronosemium. Common name: Large Hop Clover, Yellow Clover, Golden Hop Clover. Phenology: May-Sep. Habitat: Fields, roadsides, disturbed areas. Distribution: Native of Eurasia.

Origin/Endemic status: Eurasia

Synonymy ⓘ: = C, Can, FNA11.2, Il, K4, Mi, Mo3, NE, NY, Pa, SE3, Va, W, Isely (1998); = Trifolium agrarium L. — F, G, RAB, S, S13, Tat, WV, rejected name. Basionym: Trifolium aureum Pollich 1777

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

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NCBG trait

Intro: Spreading-erect annual/biennial of fields, roadsides and disturbed areas. Native of Eurasia.

Stems: Stems simple to much-branched, covered with flattened hairs.

Leaves: Leaves alternate, on petioles with stipules of about equal length, divided into 3 oblong-lance-shaped leaflets that are 1/2-3/4 in. long and finely toothed (except near the base).

Inforescence:

Flowers: Flowers densely packed into cylindric-oval heads ½--4/3 in. long; each flower is yellow turning creamy and then rust brown, tiny, bilaterally symmetric, with typical pea-flower shape.

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Height: 6-14 in.

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description: Spreading-erect annual/biennial of fields, roadsides and disturbed areas. Native of Eurasia.

stems: Stems simple to much-branched, covered with flattened hairs.

leaves: Leaves alternate, on petioles with stipules of about equal length, divided into 3 oblong-lance-shaped leaflets that are 1/2-3/4 in. long and finely toothed (except near the base).

inflorescence:

flowers: Flowers densely packed into cylindric-oval heads ½--4/3 in. long; each flower is yellow turning creamy and then rust brown, tiny, bilaterally symmetric, with typical pea-flower shape.

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