Trifolium cernuum Brot.

Nodding clover (en), Trèfle à fleurs penchées (fr), Trèfle penché (fr), Trèfle de Perreymond (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Trifolium

Characteristics

Annual; stems glabrous, prostrate, not rooting at nodes. Lvs glabrous; petioles c. 5-40 mm long; leaflets obovate, mostly obtuse or somewhat acute, mucronate, cuneate at base, finely serrate, c. 3-10 mm long; lateral veins somewhat recurved and thickened toward leaflet margin; petiolules < 1 mm long, ± equal; stipules ovate, acuminate. Infls axillary, racemose, globose, < lvs, at least some infls with a distinct peduncle, others subsessile; peduncles < 0.5 mm diam.; fls numerous (rarely as few as 6 and umbellate), distinctly recurved at fruiting; pedicel c. 2 mm long; bracts subtending fls free. Calyx ± glabrous or sparsely hairy, 10-veined, not inflated at fruiting; throat open, usually sparsely hairy; calyx teeth somewhat unequal, narrowly triangular, recurved at fruiting but not at flowering; upper 2 teeth longer, < or ± = corolla; upper teeth = or < tube; sinuses acute. Corolla pink, persistent, 3-4 mm long. Pod glabrous, straight, < calyx, 2-3 mm long, 2-3-seeded; seeds c. 1 mm diam.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread epizoochory
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Mature height (meter) 0.05 - 0.4
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway c3

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Hardiness (USDA) 7-11

Usage

Uses animal food forage gene source
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Images

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Distribution

Trifolium cernuum world distribution map, present in Australia, Spain, France, India, Sri Lanka, Morocco, New Zealand, Portugal, United States of America, and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:522995-1
WFO ID wfo-0000212980
COL ID 58PR8
BDTFX ID 69053
INPN ID 127266
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Trifolium cernuum Trifolium perreymondii Trifolium minutum Trifolium serrulatum Amoria cernua Trifolium cernuum subsp. perreymondii Trifolium retusum subsp. cernuum Trifolium cernuum var. intermedium Trifolium cernuum var. perreymondii Trifolium parviflorum subsp. cernuum