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Trifolium semipilosum Fresen.

Kenya clover (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Trifolium

Characteristics

Leaves long-petioled; leaflets orbicular-obovate, rounded, truncate or emarginate at the tip, glabrous above but silky pilose at the margins, on the midrib beneath and also (except in var. glabrescens) on the underside of the lower half of the 2 lateral leaflets, faintly toothed, strongly veined; petiole glabrous or silky pilose; stipules whitish, with falcate-triangular tips usually rather longer than the base.
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Inflorescence ± globose; peduncle longer than the leaves, pilose; bracts up to 0.5 mm long or absent.
Calyx glabrous or thinly silky; tube 11-nerved; teeth equal to the tube.
Stems prostrate, pilose, often rooting at the nodes.
Flowers with pedicels pilose, reflexed in fruit.
Seeds light brown, irregularly discoid.
Perennial herb from a strong rootstock.
Corolla white, pink or purplish-red.
Ovary stipitate; ovules 3–6.
Pod oblong, 2–6-seeded.
Stamens c. 5 mm long.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Rooting depth (meter) 1.5
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway c3

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Hardiness (USDA) 5-12

Usage

Uses animal food fodder forage
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Cultivation

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Optimum temperature (C°) 16 - 27
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Images

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Distribution

Trifolium semipilosum world distribution map, present in Afghanistan, Albania, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bahamas, Belarus, Bhutan, Canada, Switzerland, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Germany, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Algeria, Egypt, Spain, Estonia, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Hungary, Indonesia, India, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Iceland, Italy, Jamaica, Jordan, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Lebanon, Sri Lanka, Lithuania, Latvia, Morocco, Moldova (Republic of), Malta, Mongolia, Malawi, Netherlands, Norway, Nepal, New Zealand, Pakistan, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Poland, Portugal, Réunion, Romania, Russian Federation, Singapore, Slovakia, Sweden, Syrian Arab Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Tunisia, Taiwan, Province of China, Tanzania, United Republic of, Uganda, Ukraine, United States of America, Uzbekistan, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Yemen, South Africa, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:523694-1
WFO ID wfo-0000213074
COL ID 58Q6G
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 706886
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Synonyms

Trifolium semipilosum

Lower taxons

Trifolium semipilosum var. semipilosum Trifolium semipilosum var. brunellii Trifolium semipilosum var. intermedium Trifolium semipilosum var. glabrescens
WorldFloraDB 2024