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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Trifolium vesiculosum
FAMILY
Fabaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Trifolium vesiculosum
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Trifolium vesiculosum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Trifolium vesiculosum
COMMON NAME:
Arrowleaf Clover
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Roxanna Martin rlm52310_207b
May Spartanburg County SC
Leaflets are large, usually with white, V-shaped markings, per USDA NRCS Plant Fact Sheet.
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Roxanna Martin rlm52910_242
May Spartanburg County SC
Flower heads are not subtended by leaves or expanded stipules, per Weakley's Flora.
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Roxanna Martin rlm52910_245b
May Spartanburg County SC
Leaflets are rounded at the base, pointed at the tip, per USDA NRCS Plant Fact Sheet.
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Roxanna Martin rlm6610_92
June Spartanburg County SC
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Roxanna Martin rlm6610_97
June Spartanburg County SC
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JK Marlow jkm170818_630
August Jackson County NC
Big Ridge Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm170818_633
August Jackson County NC
Big Ridge Preserve
Initially, flowers are white to pinkish, turning brown when mature, per USDA NRCS Plant Fact Sheet.
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JK Marlow jkm170818_634
August Jackson County NC
Big Ridge Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm170818_635
August Jackson County NC
Big Ridge Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm170818_636
August Jackson County NC
Big Ridge Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm170818_637
August Jackson County NC
Big Ridge Preserve
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Trifolium vesiculosum
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Trifolium vesiculosum
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Trifolium vesiculosum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Trifolium vesiculosum
3456
Forb
Winter annual
Habitat: Roadsides, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: southern Europe
Uncommon (rare in SC Coastal Plain)
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LEAVES:
Palmately compound: 3 leaflets
Mostly alternate
Stipules conspicuous, persistent, & adnate to the petiole
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-parted papilionaceous corolla
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Legume
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