clover, large hop
COMMON NAME: | Clover, large hop | |
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SCIENTIFIC NAME: | Trifolium campestre | |
FAMILY: | Fabaceae | |
LIFECYCLE: | Annual/biennial | |
FEATURES: | Annual, possible biennial decumbent legume. Leaves pinnately trifoliate, denticulate on top half of leaf. Inflorescence heads yellow, globose, 20 to 40 flowers with distinct striations on petals. |
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DESCRIPTION: | Common winter annual weed of low and high maintenance turfgrass. Difficult to distinguish between Trifolium dubium. T. campestre inflorescence heads always have >20 flowers and flowers have distinct striations on the petals. T. dubium inflorescence heads can have 3 to 20 flowers and petals do not have distinct striations. |