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Trifolium dubium

(Hop Clover)

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Interesting Facts

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Common Names

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Common Names in Belarusian:

Kanyushyna Nyapeounaya

Common Names in Chinese:

Xian San Ye Cao, Xian Ye San Ye Cao

Common Names in Danish:

Fin Kløver

Common Names in Dutch:

Kleine Klaver

Common Names in English:

Hop Clover, Carret, Kleiner Klee, Least Hop Clover, Least Hop Trefoil, Lesser Trefoil, Lesser Yellow Trefoil, Little Hop Clover, Low Hop Clover, Petit Tr, Petit TrŠfle Jaune, Shamrock, Small Hop Clover, Smallhop Clover, Suckling Clover, Yellow Clover, Yellow Suckling Clover, Zweifelhafter Klee

Common Names in Estonian:

Väike Ristik

Common Names in Finnish:

Pikkuapila

Common Names in French:

Trèfle étalé, Trèfle Douteux, Trèfle Filiforme, Trefle Douteux

Common Names in German:

Faden Klee, Faden-Klee, Gelber Wiesen-Klee, Zweifelhafter Klee (Switzerland), Zwerg-Klee

Common Names in Greek:

Trifilli To Nimatoides

Common Names in Italian:

Trifoglio Dubbio, Trifoglio Filiforme

Common Names in Japanese:

Kibana Tsume Kusa, Kogome Tsume Kusa, Kometsubu Tsume Kusa

Common Names in Latvian:

Sikais Abolins

Common Names in Lithuanian:

Mazazis Dobilas

Common Names in Polish:

Koniczyna Drobnogówkowa

Common Names in Russian:

Klever Somnitelnyi, Zlatoshchitnik Somnitelnyi

Common Names in Spanish:

Trébol Amarillo, Trébol Filiforme

Common Names in Swedish:

Trådklöver

Common Names in Ukrainian:

Konyushina Sumnivna

Description

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Genus Trifolium

Annual or perennial herbs. Leaf trifoliolate , rarely (not in the local species) digitately 5-9-foliolate, leaflets mostly dentate ; stipules adnate to petiole . Inflorescence a sessile or pedunculate head or short raceme or solitary. Bracts present or absent. Calyx variable, accrescent or inflated , teeth equal or unequal. Corolla pink, red to purple, white or yellow, persistent . Stamens diadelphous , 9+1, vexillary stamens free , anthers uniform . Ovary with few ovules, style incurved , stigma capitate. Fruit usually included in calyx, often indehiscent, 1-2 (-12) -seeded.

A genus with about 300 species, distributed in temperate regions with centres of distribution in the Mediterranean region, Ethiopia, California and Chile; locally represented by 8 species, including 4 introduced species .[1]

Physical Description

Habit: HerbClimbing: Not Climbing

Flowers: Bloom Period: March, April, May. • Flower Color: pale yellow

Size/Age/Growth

Size: under 6" tall.

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 4,653 meters (0 to 15,266 feet).[2]

Biology

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Reproduction

Duration: Annual

Growth

Culture: Space 12-15" apart.

Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Full sun .

Taxonomy

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Synonyms

Chrysaspis dubia (Sibth.)desv. • Trifolium filiforme dubium (Sibth.)gams • Trifolium Filiforme Sensu Auct. • Trifolium minus Sm. • Trifolium praticola Sennen • Trifolium procumbens L.

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Comment: Climbing : Not climbing, Conservation Status: Not Threatened, Habit: Herb, Lifespan: Annual

Last scrutiny: 2005-2006

Similar Species

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This Hop Clover (Trefoil) has much smaller flowers than the Low Hop (Trefoil). It is a common roadside plant.

Members of the genus Trifolium

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 175 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

T. africanum (African Clover) · T. aintabense (Aintab Clover) · T. albopurpureum (Rancheria Clover) · T. alexandrinum (Alexandrinischer Klee) · T. alpestre (Purple Globe Clover) · T. alpinum (Alpen Klee) · T. amabile (Aztec Clover) · T. ambiguum (Caucasian Clover) · T. andersonii (Fiveleaf Clover) · T. andersonii beatleyae var. beatleyae (Anderson´s Clover) · T. andersonii monoense var. monoense (Anderson´s Clover) · T. andinum (Great Divide Clover) · T. angustifolium (Narrow Clover) · T. apertum (Open Clover) · T. arvense (Acker Klee) · T. attenuatum (Rocky Mountain Clover) · T. aureum (Gold Klee) · T. badium (Braun Klee) · T. barbigerum (Bearded Clover) · T. beckwithii (Beckwith's Clover) · T. bejariense (Bejar Clover) · T. berytheum (Beirut Clover) · T. bifidum (Notchleaf Clover) · T. bocconei (Twin-Flowered Clover) · T. boissieri (Boissier´s Clover) · T. bolanderi (Parasol Clover) · T. brandegeei (Brandegee's Clover) · T. breweri (Forest Clover) · T. buckwestiorum (Santa Cruz Clover) · T. calcaricum (Running Glade Clover) · T. campestre (Acker Klee) · T. canescens (Graying Clover) · T. carolinianum (Carolina Clover) · T. caucasicum (Caucasian Clover) · T. cernuum (Drooping-Flowered Clover) · T. cherleri (Cherlers Klee) · T. chilense (Chilean Clover) · T. ciliolatum (Foothill Clover) · T. clypeatum (Schildartiger Klee) · T. congestum (Crowded Clover) · T. cyathiferum (Cup Clover) · T. dalmaticum (Dalmatian Clover) · T. dasyphyllum (Alpine Clover) · T. depauperatum (Cowbag Clover) · T. depauperatum var. amplectens (Dwarf Sack Clover) · T. dichotomum (Branched Indian Clover) · T. diffusum (Diffuse Clover) · T. douglasii (Douglas' Clover) · T. dubium (Hop Clover) · T. echinatum (Hedgehog Clover) · T. eriocephalum (Woollyhead Clover) · T. eriosphaerum (Woolly Round-Head Clover) · T. fragiferum (Erdbeer Klee) · T. fragiferum bonannii (Erdbeer Klee) · T. fragiferum fragiferum (Strawberry Trefoil) · T. friscanum (Frisco Clover) · T. fucatum (Bull Clover) · T. glanduliferum (Glandular Clover) · T. globosum (Globe Clover) · T. glomeratum (Cluster Clover) · T. gracilentum (Pin-Point Clover) · T. grandiflorum (Zlatoshchitnik Krupnotzvetkovy) · T. gymnocarpon (Hollyleaf Clover) · T. gymnocarpon plummerae var. plummerae (Tufted Clover) · T. haussknechtii (Haussknecht´s Clover) · T. haydenii (Hayden's Clover) · T. hirtum (Rose Clover) · T. howellii (Canyon Clover) · T. hybridum (Alsike) · T. hybridum anatolicum (Alsike) · T. hybridum elegans (Schäner Schweden Klee) · T. hybridum hybridum (Alsike) · T. incarnatum (Crimson Clover) · T. incarnatum incarnatum (Crimson Clover) · T. jokerstii (Jim's Clover) · T. kingii (Dedecker's Clover) · T. kingii macilentum (Shasta Clover) · T. lappaceum (Bur Clover) · T. lappaceum adrianopolitanum (Bur Clover) · T. lappaceum lappaceum (Burdock Clover) · T. latifolium (Twin Clover) · T. leibergii (Leiberg's Clover) · T. lemmonii (Lemmon's Clover) · T. ligusticum (Ligurian Clover) · T. longipes atrorubens (Long-Stalk Clover) · T. longipes atrorubens var. atrorubens (Long-Stalk Clover) · T. longipes pedunculatum var. pedunculatum (Long-Stalk Clover) · T. longipes var. multipedunculatum (Long-Stalk Clover) · T. longipes var. shastense (Long-Stalk Clover) · T. lupinaster (Lupine Clover) · T. lupinaster lupinaster (Clover Spp.) · T. macraei (Chilean Clover) · T. macrocephalum (Bighead Clover) · T. medium (Zigzag Clover) · T. medium medium (Zigzag Clover) · T. melilotus-ornithopodioides (Birdsfoot Trefoil) · T. michelianum (Bigflower Clover) · T. michelianum var. balansae (Balansa Clover) · T. michelianum var. michelianum (Big-Flower Clover (Usa)) · T. micranthum (Lesser Suckling Clover)

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Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 14, 2007:

Identifiers

Footnotes

  1. "Trifolium". in Flora of Pakistan Page 284. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
  2. Mean = 154.770 meters (507.776 feet), Standard Deviation = 244.330 based on 7,689 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
Last Revised: 7/15/2012