Trifolium dubium

ClassificationDicots
FamilyFabaceae
Family (Traditional)Fabaceae
GenusTrifolium
Species:Trifolium dubium Sibth.
Common NameLeast Hop Clover; Lesser Trefoil; Little Hop Clover; Low Hop Clover; Shamrock; Small Hop Clover; Suckling Clover; Yellow Suckling Clover
Growth Habitforb
Plant Notes**
CharacteristicsArmaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: Yes; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Natural Area Presence: GRSM; Duration: Annual; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: forb; Moisture Requirements: Xeric; Moisture Requirements: Sub-xeric; Moisture Requirements: Dry-mesic; Region of Origin: Europe; Reproductive Phenology: April; Reproductive Phenology: May; Reproductive Phenology: June; Reproductive Phenology: July; Leaf Arrangement: alternate; Leaf Complexity: compound; Leaf Dissection: 1; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaf Petiole Type: petiolate; Leaf Type: broadleaf; Leaf Venation: ternate; Leaflet Margins: entire; Leaflet Margins: serrulate; Leaflet Number: 3; Base Flower Color: Yellow; Carpel Number/Pistil: 1; Fruit Complexity: Simple; Fruit Dehiscence: No; Fruit Type: Legume; Fruit Wet/Dry: Dry; Hypanthium Present: Yes; Ovary Position: Superior; Overall Flower Symmetry: Zygomorphic; Ovules per Carpel: 1; Perianth Present: Yes; Petal Fusion: No; Petal Number: 5; Pistil Complexity: Simple; Pistil Number: 1; Placentation Type: Parietal; Sepal Fusion: No; Sepal Number: 5; Sexuality: monoclinous; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A; Stamen Number: 10
C value N/A
StatusNot Native; AGCP (FACU), EMP (UPL) (NWPL); TN[SNA] KY[SNA] (State Rank); GNR (Global Rank)
Specimen(s) View and Download Specimen Details »

** Not applicable or data not available.

Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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  • Counties
  • Counties - Species Present
Ecoregions
  • Southeastern Plains
    • Blackland Prarie
  • Blue Ridge Mountains
  • Ridge and Valley
  • Cumberland Plateau
  • Cumberland Mountains
  • Allegheny Plateau
  • Interior Plateau
    • Bluegrass Region
    • Nashville Basin
    • Pennyroyal Karst Plain
    • Western Highland Rim
    • Eastern Highland Rim

Synonyms

No synonyms exist for this species.

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Calloway (KY), Carter (KY), Christian (KY), Hardin (KY), Harlan (KY), Larue (KY), Lyon (KY), Madison (KY), Monroe (KY), Oldham (KY), Spencer (KY), Trigg (KY), Campbell (TN), Crockett (TN), Cumberland (TN), Davidson (TN), DeKalb (TN), Fayette (TN), Franklin (TN), Gibson (TN), Greene (TN), Hamilton (TN), Henry (TN), Jackson (TN), Lawrence (TN), Lincoln (TN), Madison (TN), Montgomery (TN), Moore (TN), Overton (TN), Rutherford (TN), Sequatchie (TN), Sevier (TN), Shelby (TN), Stewart (TN), Tipton (TN), Warren (TN), Weakley (TN), Williamson (TN), Wilson (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, BEREA, BOON, EKY, ETSU, HTTU, MEM, MTSU, TENN, UCHT, UOS, UTM

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1962 - 2009

Accession No. (click for full details) County State Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
31234100716750 Madison Kentucky 23 Jun 1978 J. Stuart Lassetter
2960
EKY
Trifolium dubium
BEREA014256 Trigg Kentucky
BEREA
Trifolium dubium
TENN-V-0125198 Carter Kentucky
TENN
Trifolium dubium
APSC0055147 Madison Tennessee
APSC
Trifolium dubium
MTSU006683 Cumberland Tennessee 15 Apr 2001 J.C. York
MTSU
Trifolium dubium
N/A Franklin Tennessee 08 May 1962 A.R. Applegate
UOS
Trifolium dubium
UTM00677 Weakley Tennessee
UTM
Trifolium dubium
UTM00681 Weakley Tennessee
UTM
Trifolium dubium
UTM00676 Madison Tennessee
UTM
Trifolium dubium
31234100434842 Larue Kentucky 23 May 1993 Landon E. McKinney
5480
EKY
Trifolium dubium
TENN-V-0124808 Campbell Tennessee
TENN
Trifolium dubium
TENN-V-0124813 Hamilton Tennessee
TENN
Trifolium dubium
APSC0017172 Madison Tennessee
APSC
Trifolium dubium
APSC0016747 Henry Tennessee
APSC
Trifolium dubium
MTSU006684 Rutherford Tennessee 24 Apr 1999 Lori Bruner
MTSU
Trifolium dubium
MTSU006691 Rutherford Tennessee 03 Apr 1986 Debbie Collins
22
MTSU
Trifolium dubium
UTM00680 Crockett Tennessee
UTM
Trifolium dubium
UTM00679 Weakley Tennessee
UTM
Trifolium dubium
UTM00678 Weakley Tennessee
UTM
Trifolium dubium
MEM013718 Tipton Tennessee 05 Jun 1968 Sarah J. Warrington
47
MEM
Trifolium dubium
MEM001211 Shelby Tennessee 19 Apr 1966 R. Barry Fox
64
MEM
Trifolium dubium
TENN-V-0124814 Jackson Tennessee
TENN
Trifolium dubium
APSC0107171 Warren Tennessee
APSC
Trifolium dubium
APSC0097037 Hardin Kentucky
APSC
Trifolium dubium
APSC0016742 Lyon Kentucky
APSC
Trifolium dubium
HTTU004781 Gibson Tennessee
HTTU
Trifolium dubium
MTSU006690 Davidson Tennessee 15 Apr 1986 Monteia Moore
MTSU
Trifolium dubium
UCHT036992 Sequatchie Tennessee
UCHT
Trifolium dubium
UCHT036990 Sequatchie Tennessee
UCHT
Trifolium dubium
UCHT036991 Sequatchie Tennessee
UCHT
Trifolium dubium
UCHT043196 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Trifolium dubium
31234100434859 Spencer Kentucky 25 Apr 1996 James Thornsbury
2
EKY
Trifolium dubium
ETSU007328 Greene Tennessee 28 Sep 2009 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Trifolium dubium
UCHT016671 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Trifolium dubium
APSC0061562 Oldham Kentucky
APSC
Trifolium dubium
APSC0016745 Lincoln Tennessee
APSC
Trifolium dubium
MTSU006582 Lawrence Tennessee 20 Apr 2007 Julie Folks
39
MTSU
Trifolium dubium
MTSU006693 Rutherford Tennessee 28 Apr 1984 Stephen Long
28
MTSU
Trifolium dubium
MTSU006687 Rutherford Tennessee 26 Apr 1989 Nicole Benoy
MTSU
Trifolium dubium
017495 Shelby Tennessee
BOON
Trifolium dubium
BEREA014255 Monroe Kentucky
BEREA
Trifolium dubium
TENN-V-0124810 Davidson Tennessee
TENN
Trifolium dubium
TENN-V-0124812 Franklin Tennessee
TENN
Trifolium dubium
APSC0050682 Larue Kentucky 26 May 1993 Landon McKinney
APSC
Trifolium dubium
MTSU006692 Rutherford Tennessee 22 Apr 1985 Karen Moore
44
MTSU
Trifolium dubium
MTSU006682 Moore Tennessee 18 Apr 2003 Christopher G. Meyer
MTSU
Trifolium dubium
MTSU006685 Rutherford Tennessee 20 Apr 1999 Heather Webb
MTSU
Trifolium dubium
31234100441813 Harlan Kentucky 18 Jul 2005 Amy V. McIntosh
1144
EKY
Trifolium dubium
BEREA014253 Calloway Kentucky
BEREA
Trifolium dubium
TENN-V-0124818 Shelby Tennessee
TENN
Trifolium dubium
APSC0016741 Trigg Kentucky
APSC
Trifolium dubium
APSC0085960 Christian Kentucky 03 Jun 1979
APSC
Trifolium dubium
APSC0016748 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Trifolium dubium
APSC0016743 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Trifolium dubium
HTTU004782 DeKalb Tennessee
HTTU
Trifolium dubium
HTTU004783 Overton Tennessee
HTTU
Trifolium dubium
MTSU006688 Moore Tennessee 21 Apr 1991 Buffy Storm
MTSU
Trifolium dubium
MTSU006686 Rutherford Tennessee 20 Apr 1991 Gerald Tomerlin
MTSU
Trifolium dubium
MTSU006689 Wilson Tennessee 13 Apr 1991 Brian White
MTSU
Trifolium dubium
N/A Franklin Tennessee 21 May 1971 Henry Marshall
UOS
Trifolium dubium
BEREA014254 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Trifolium dubium
BEREA014257 Trigg Kentucky
BEREA
Trifolium dubium
TENN-V-0124809 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Trifolium dubium
TENN-V-0124811 Fayette Tennessee
TENN
Trifolium dubium
APSC0107170 Warren Tennessee
APSC
Trifolium dubium
MTSU006680 Rutherford Tennessee 14 Apr 2009 Jesse Traub
37
MTSU
Trifolium dubium
MTSU006583 Williamson Tennessee 26 Apr 2005 Paige Barnett
MTSU
Trifolium dubium
MTSU006681 Rutherford Tennessee 20 Mar 2005 John S. Dockery
MTSU
Trifolium dubium
UCHT024825 Tennessee
UCHT
Trifolium dubium
UCHT024790 Tennessee
UCHT
Trifolium dubium
TENN-V-0124816 Shelby Tennessee
TENN
Trifolium dubium
TENN-V-0124817 Shelby Tennessee
TENN
Trifolium dubium
TENN-V-0124815 Sevier Tennessee
TENN
Trifolium dubium
APSC0016746 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Trifolium dubium
HTTU004780 Tennessee
HTTU
Trifolium dubium
UCHT038974 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Trifolium dubium
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