Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fabales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Trifolium resupinatum
FAMILY
Fabaceae
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Learn more about Persian Clover from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Trifolium resupinatum
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Trifolium resupinatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Trifolium resupinatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-14-001:
Trifolium resupinatum FAMILY Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Trifolium resupinatum
COMMON NAME:
Persian Clover, Reversed Clover
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John D. Byrd, Mississippi State University, Bugwood.org bug_1391300
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John D. Byrd, Mississippi State University, Bugwood.org bug_1391301
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Calyx strongly 2-lipped, calyx tube bladdery and greatly inflated in fruit, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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John D. Byrd, Mississippi State University, Bugwood.org bug_1391302
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Heads terminal or axillary, not subtended by a pseudo-involucre, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Trifolium resupinatum
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Trifolium resupinatum
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Trifolium resupinatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Trifolium resupinatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-14-001:
Trifolium resupinatum
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Trifolium resupinatum
2517
Forb
Annual/Winter annual
Habitat: Lawns and disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Mediterranean region & western Asia
Waif(s)
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This plant may be causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:
LEAVES:
Palmately compound: 3 leaflets
Mostly alternate
Stipules conspicuous, persistent, & adnate to the petiole
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Rose/ Purplish
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-parted papilionaceous corolla
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Legume
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