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Trifolium carolinianum Michx.

Carolina clover (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Trifolium

Characteristics

Perennial; stems tufted, branched from the base, 1–3 dm, prostrate to erect; lfls obovate, 8–15 mm, glabrous or sparsely pubescent; peduncles, pedicels and cal hirsutulous; heads globose, on peduncles to 12 cm; fls 5–6 mm; cal-tube 1 mm, the lobes unequal, the upper 2 the largest, 2.5–3.2 mm, narrowly triangular and conspicuously 3-nerved; cor purplish, the standard broadly ovate, longer than the sharply acute wings. Dry fields, open woods, and waste land; s. Va. to Fla. and Tex., n. in the interior to Mo. and Kans. Spring and summer.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.25
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) 1.5
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-10

Usage

Uses fodder medicinal
Edible leaves seeds
Therapeutic use Astringent (unspecified), Cancer (unspecified), Gout (unspecified), Rheumatism (unspecified), Tumor(Groin) (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 10 - 21
Germination temperacture (C°) 21
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) 9 - 16
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Trifolium carolinianum world distribution map, present in Afghanistan, Albania, Andorra, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bulgaria, Belarus, Canada, Switzerland, Chile, Colombia, Cyprus, Germany, Djibouti, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Algeria, Egypt, Spain, Estonia, Ethiopia, Finland, Falkland Islands (Malvinas), France, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Greece, Haiti, Hungary, Indonesia, India, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Italy, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Libya, Liechtenstein, Sri Lanka, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Morocco, Moldova (Republic of), Mexico, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Slovakia, Sweden, Syrian Arab Republic, Turkmenistan, Tunisia, Ukraine, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:522984-1
WFO ID wfo-0000174309
COL ID 58PQY
BDTFX ID 69092
INPN ID 127300
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Trifolium eriocephalum Trifolium umbellatum Amoria caroliniana Trifolium saxicolum Trifolium arvense Trifolium eriocephalum Trifolium arvicola Trifolium carolinianum Trifolium villosum Trifolium pectinatum Trifolium oxypetalum

Lower taxons

Trifolium eriocephalum subsp. arcuatum Trifolium eriocephalum subsp. villiferum Trifolium eriocephalum subsp. eriocephalum Trifolium eriocephalum subsp. cusickii
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