Trifolium campestre
| Herbarium |
Rhodes College Herbarium (SWMT)
Herbarium's Specimen Details Page |
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| Family Name | Fabaceae |
| Currently Accepted Name | Trifolium campestre Schreb. |
| Herbarium Name Used | Trifolium campestre |
| Locality | United States. Tennessee, Shelby: Memphis, Overton Park, near rear Memphis zoo entrance |
| Description | This introduced annual plant is up to 1' tall, branching frequently. The stems are geen or reddish green and pubescent. The alternate leaves are trifoliate; they have long petioles that are hairless. The leaflets are ovate or obovate, hairless, and slightly dentate along the margins. The petiole of the middle leaflet is conspicuously longer than the petioles of the lateral leaflets; the petioles of the latter are often sessile. Each leaflet is about ¾ long and half as much across. Flowerheads from pubescent stalks about 1 in length. The yellow flowerheads are up to ½ across. They are more or less spherical and consist of about 15-40 flowers. Each flower is about 1/6 long. It has 5 elongated petals and a light green calyx. |
| Habitat | This introduced annual plant is up to 1' tall, branching frequently. The stems are geen or reddish green and pubescent. The alternate leaves are trifoliate; they have long petioles that are hairless. The leaflets are ovate or obovate, hairless, and slightly dentate along the margins. The petiole of the middle leaflet is conspicuously longer than the petioles of the lateral leaflets; the petioles of the latter are often sessile. Each leaflet is about ¾ long and half as much across. Flowerheads from pubescent stalks about 1 in length. The yellow flowerheads are up to ½ across. They are more or less spherical and consist of about 15-40 flowers. Each flower is about 1/6 long. It has 5 elongated petals and a light green calyx. |
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| Specimen Notes | |
| Collector | A. DeGenova &R. Jabaily &E. Johnson 72 |
| Collection Date | 14 May 2013 |
| Accession Number | SWMT05094 |
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