Trifolium aureum

ClassificationDicots
FamilyFabaceae
Family (Traditional)Fabaceae
GenusTrifolium
Species:Trifolium aureum Pollich
Common NameGolden Clover; Golden Trefoil; Hop Clover; Large Hop Clover; Large Hop Trefoil; Large Trefoil; Yellow Clover
Growth Habitforb
Plant Notes**
CharacteristicsArmaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: Yes; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Natural Area Presence: GRSM; Duration: Annual; Duration: Biennial; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: forb; Region of Origin: Asia; 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; TN[SNA] KY[SNA] (State Rank); GNR (Global Rank)
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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

SynonymFull Citation
Trifolium agrarium Trifolium agrarium Merat

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: Boone (KY), Bracken (KY), Franklin (KY), Harlan (KY), Jefferson (KY), Madison (KY), Shelby (KY), Bedford (TN), Benton (TN), Bradley (TN), Cannon (TN), Coffee (TN), Davidson (TN), DeKalb (TN), Fentress (TN), Franklin (TN), Giles (TN), Hamilton (TN), Jackson (TN), Lawrence (TN), Maury (TN), Overton (TN), Putnam (TN), Rutherford (TN), Scott (TN), Sevier (TN), Sumner (TN), Unicoi (TN), Warren (TN), White (TN), Williamson (TN), Wilson (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, BEREA, ETSU, HTTU, MTSU, SWMT, TENN, UCHT

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1935 - 2012

Accession No. (click for full details) County State Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
BEREA014195 Bracken Kentucky
BEREA
Trifolium aureum
BEREA014199 Shelby Kentucky
BEREA
Trifolium aureum
APSC0105460 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Trifolium aureum
APSC0105459 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Trifolium aureum
HTTU004753 Williamson Tennessee
HTTU
Trifolium agrarium
HTTU004766 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Trifolium agrarium
MTSU006599 Rutherford Tennessee 20 Apr 1997 Denise Davenport
MTSU
Trifolium agrarium
MTSU006616 Rutherford Tennessee 26 Apr 1989 Brian Boatman
MTSU
Trifolium agrarium
MTSU006622 Rutherford Tennessee 19 Apr 1988 Darren Hawkins
MTSU
Trifolium agrarium
MTSU006637 Davidson Tennessee 28 Apr 1951 E. Strobel
MTSU
Trifolium agrarium
MTSU006636 Davidson Tennessee 18 Jun 1983 Brian Bowen
MTSU
Trifolium agrarium
MTSU006632 Giles Tennessee 18 Apr 1988 David McGavock
MTSU
Trifolium agrarium
MTSU006601 Scott Tennessee 12 Apr 1997 Aaron Roberts
MTSU
Trifolium agrarium
UCHT024816 Tennessee
UCHT
Trifolium agrarium
UCHT043201 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Trifolium aureum
BEREA014196 Franklin Kentucky
BEREA
Trifolium aureum
HTTU004770 Overton Tennessee
HTTU
Trifolium agrarium
HTTU004757 Tennessee
HTTU
Trifolium agrarium
MTSU006580 Rutherford Tennessee 19 Apr 2007 Brandon Richards
28
MTSU
Trifolium aureum
MTSU006617 Rutherford Tennessee 28 Apr 1990 Hope Dodson
MTSU
Trifolium agrarium
MTSU006608 Rutherford Tennessee 20 Apr 1993 Anne Romeo
MTSU
Trifolium agrarium
MTSU006602 Warren Tennessee 27 Apr 1997 Amy Lewis
MTSU
Trifolium agrarium
MTSU006624 Coffee Tennessee 18 Apr 1987 Kim A. Davis
MTSU
Trifolium agrarium
MTSU006628 Davidson Tennessee 12 Apr 1986 Paula Witner
14
MTSU
Trifolium agrarium
MTSU006619 Rutherford Tennessee 04 Apr 1990 Anne Merrill Donnelly
MTSU
Trifolium agrarium
UCHT024817 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Trifolium agrarium
SWMT01470 Tennessee 15 Jun 1982 Rick Sullivan
SWMT
Trifolium agrarium
SWMT01469 Benton Tennessee 01 Jun 1984 Brent Hedges
15
SWMT
Trifolium agrarium
HTTU004759 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Trifolium agrarium
HTTU004767 DeKalb Tennessee
HTTU
Trifolium agrarium
HTTU020873 DeKalb Tennessee
HTTU
Trifolium agrarium
HTTU026269 DeKalb Tennessee
HTTU
Trifolium agrarium
HTTU004752 Jackson Tennessee
HTTU
Trifolium agrarium
HTTU004760 Tennessee
HTTU
Trifolium agrarium
MTSU007069 Rutherford Tennessee 03 Apr 2006 Mandi Lin Purnell
37
MTSU
Trifolium aureum
MTSU006613 Rutherford Tennessee 21 Apr 1992 Jason Todd
MTSU
Trifolium agrarium
MTSU006625 Davidson Tennessee 28 Apr 1986 Bill Mastalerz
MTSU
Trifolium agrarium
UCHT024807 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Trifolium agrarium
TENN-V-0124723 Sevier Tennessee
TENN
Trifolium agrarium
HTTU004754 Sumner Tennessee
HTTU
Trifolium agrarium
HTTU020874 DeKalb Tennessee
HTTU
Trifolium agrarium
HTTU004756 Jackson Tennessee
HTTU
Trifolium agrarium
MTSU006639 Wilson Tennessee 11 Apr 1981 Connie Bailey
26
MTSU
Trifolium agrarium
MTSU006612 Bradley Tennessee 17 Apr 1992 Malinda Parker
MTSU
Trifolium agrarium
MTSU006618 Bedford Tennessee 21 Apr 1990 Holly Thompson
MTSU
Trifolium agrarium
MTSU006629 Rutherford Tennessee 23 Apr 1988 Steven Hopper
MTSU
Trifolium agrarium
MTSU006603 Rutherford Tennessee 25 Mar 1997 Jeff Bennett
MTSU
Trifolium agrarium
MTSU006640 Rutherford Tennessee 24 Apr 1981 Molly Pike
30
MTSU
Trifolium agrarium
MTSU006611 Rutherford Tennessee 10 Apr 1992 Mary Penuel
MTSU
Trifolium agrarium
BEREA014198 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Trifolium aureum
BEREA014197 Boone Kentucky
BEREA
Trifolium aureum
HTTU004765 Tennessee
HTTU
Trifolium agrarium
HTTU004758 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Trifolium agrarium
HTTU004768 DeKalb Tennessee
HTTU
Trifolium agrarium
MTSU006600 Bedford Tennessee 05 Apr 1997 Chuck Perryman
MTSU
Trifolium agrarium
MTSU006621 Rutherford Tennessee 14 Apr 1988 Angela S. Mondoni
MTSU
Trifolium agrarium
MTSU006581 Rutherford Tennessee 19 Apr 2007 Kathryn Richards
25
MTSU
Trifolium aureum
HTTU035024 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Trifolium agrarium
APSC0117280 Harlan Kentucky
APSC
Trifolium aureum
HTTU004764 Tennessee
HTTU
Trifolium agrarium
MTSU006604 Bedford Tennessee 08 Apr 1995 Kelly M. Skelton
MTSU
Trifolium agrarium
MTSU006610 Rutherford Tennessee 22 Apr 1992 S. Neal
MTSU
Trifolium agrarium
MTSU006579 Rutherford Tennessee 31 Mar 2012 Nancy Duke
24
MTSU
Trifolium aureum
MTSU006630 Rutherford Tennessee 22 Apr 1988 Leah Patrick
MTSU
Trifolium agrarium
MTSU006615 Rutherford Tennessee 01 May 1988 Melissa Arms
MTSU
Trifolium agrarium
ETSU005662 Unicoi Tennessee 29 Jun 2011 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Trifolium aureum
UCHT016621 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Trifolium agrarium
HTTU004763 Overton Tennessee
HTTU
Trifolium agrarium
HTTU004761 Fentress Tennessee
HTTU
Trifolium agrarium
HTTU004769 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Trifolium agrarium
HTTU004755 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Trifolium agrarium
MTSU006609 Rutherford Tennessee 16 Apr 1992 Todd Adams
MTSU
Trifolium agrarium
MTSU006595 Rutherford Tennessee 28 Apr 2004 Meleia Greene
29
MTSU
Trifolium agrarium
MTSU006631 DeKalb Tennessee 18 Apr 1988 Phillip Hendrix
MTSU
Trifolium agrarium
MTSU006634 Rutherford Tennessee 13 Apr 1956 Elis Rucker
MTSU
Trifolium agrarium
MTSU006607 Coffee Tennessee 16 Apr 1995 Jagruti Patidar
MTSU
Trifolium agrarium
MTSU006598 Maury Tennessee 23 Apr 2001 Jeremy K. Spiess
MTSU
Trifolium agrarium
HTTU020875 White Tennessee
HTTU
Trifolium agrarium
HTTU004762 Franklin Tennessee
HTTU
Trifolium agrarium
MTSU006635 Davidson Tennessee 29 Apr 1984 Lynn Kimberlin
21
MTSU
Trifolium agrarium
MTSU006605 Bedford Tennessee 08 Apr 1995 Dawn Cayll
MTSU
Trifolium agrarium
MTSU006623 Rutherford Tennessee 27 Apr 1986 Bill Taylor
MTSU
Trifolium agrarium
MTSU006626 Rutherford Tennessee 21 Apr 1986 Elvis Brandon
MTSU
Trifolium agrarium
MTSU006597 Rutherford Tennessee 24 Apr 2002 Beth Crocker
MTSU
Trifolium agrarium
MTSU006633 Rutherford Tennessee 13 Apr 1988 Lisa Wilson
MTSU
Trifolium agrarium
MTSU006638 Cannon Tennessee 04 May 1935 Joe B. Peyton
MTSU
Trifolium agrarium
MTSU006596 Lawrence Tennessee 13 Apr 2003 Jessica Long
MTSU
Trifolium agrarium
MTSU006620 Rutherford Tennessee 04 Apr 1990 Anne Merrill Donnelly
MTSU
Trifolium agrarium
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