rabbit’s foot clover
(Trifolium arvense)
Conservation • Wetland • Description • Habitat • Biology • Use • Distribution • Taxonomy
Conservation Status |
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| IUCN Red List | not listed |
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| NatureServe | NNA - Not applicable SNA - Not applicable |
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| Minnesota | not listed |
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Description |
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Rabbit’s foot clover is an anual plant with erect, softly hairy, freely branched stems. The leaves are compound, divided into 3 leaflets. The leaflets are up to ¾″ long and very narrow. Fuzzy, cylindrical lower heads, ¼″ to 1″ long, are borne at the ends of branches and on flower stalks emanating from some leaf axils. |
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Height |
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4″ to 16″ |
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Flower Color |
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White to grayish-pink |
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Habitat |
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Dry. Disturbed sites, roadsides. Sandy soil. |
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Biology |
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Flowering |
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May to September |
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Distribution |
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Nativity |
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Native to Europe, western Asia, North Africa, and Macaronesia. Introduced and naturalized in North America. |
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Taxonomy |
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| Kingdom | Plantae (green algae and land plants) | ||
| Subkingdom | Viridiplantae (green plants) | ||
| Infrakingdom | Streptophyta (land plants and green algae) | ||
| Superdivision | Embryophyta (land plants) | ||
| Division | Tracheophyta (vascular plants) | ||
| Subdivision | Spermatophytina (seed plants) | ||
| Class | Magnoliopsida (flowering plants) | ||
| Superorder | Rosanae | ||
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Fabales (legumes, milkworts, and allies) | ||
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Fabaceae (legumes) | ||
| Subfamily | Faboideae | ||
| Tribe | Trifolieae |
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| Genus | Trifolium (clover) | ||
| Subgenus | Trifolium | ||
| Section | Trifolium | ||
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Several of the Trifolium species that occur in Minnesota have had two or more subspecies and/or varieties described. For all of these species, the infrataxa are recognized by GRIN but not by ITIS or USDA PLANTS. Two varieties of rabbit’s foot clover have been described based on habit and the density of pubescence. |
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Synonyms |
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| Trifolium arvense var. perpusillum | |||
Common Names |
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hairy clover hare’s foot clover hare-foot clover hare-foot trefoil oldfield clover rabbit’s foot clover rabbit-foot clover rabbitfoot clover stone clover |
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| Trifolium arvense Susanne Wiik |
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About
Harekløver, haresfoot clover, rabbitfoot clover, stone clover |
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| Rabbit's Foot Clover (Trifolium arvense) Andree Reno Sanborn |
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| Hazepootje Trifolium arvense 6 juli 2010.wmv Wim Derks |
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