OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fabales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Trifolium reflexum   FAMILY Fabaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Trifolium reflexum   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Trifolium reflexum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)

Trifolium reflexum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-14-010:

Trifolium reflexum   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Trifolium reflexum

 

COMMON NAME:
Buffalo Clover


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Jane Trentin    jtr_3734b

May    Pike County    GA

Camp Thunder

Flowers borne on distinct pedicels, often curving or reflexing in age, per Weakley's Flora (2015).

image of Trifolium reflexum, Buffalo Clover

Jane Trentin    jtr_3734c

May    Pike County    GA

Camp Thunder

Calyx lobes 4mm or more long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Trifolium reflexum, Buffalo Clover

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_trifolium_reflexum_2

May        

Standard usually red, decidedly darker than pink-to-white wing & keel petals, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Trifolium reflexum, Buffalo Clover

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_trifolium_reflexum_2b

May        

image of Trifolium reflexum, Buffalo Clover

Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_t_reflexum_0032

May    Iredell County    NC

Leaflets 1-2.8x as long as wide; stems erect or ascending, per Weakley's Flora.


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image of Trifolium reflexum, Buffalo Clover

Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_t_reflexum_0034b

May    Iredell County    NC

image of Trifolium reflexum, Buffalo Clover

Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_t_reflexum_0034c

May    Iredell County    NC

Calyx lobes subulate [awl-shaped], setaceous [having bristles], < 0.4mm wide, per Weakley's Flora.

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Trifolium reflexum   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Trifolium reflexum   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Trifolium reflexum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Trifolium reflexum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-14-010:
Trifolium reflexum   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Trifolium reflexum

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2673

Forb
Annual/Biennial

Habitat: Open woodlands, woodland edges, dry shaly places, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Rare

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LEAVES:
Palmately compound: 3 leaflets
Mostly alternate
Stipules conspicuous, persistent, & adnate to the petiole

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Red/Rose/White/Pinkish->Brownish
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-parted papilionaceous corolla
Superior ovary

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Legume

 

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