Rabbit’s foot clover
(Trifolium arvense)
Conservation • Description • Habitat • Ecology • Use • Distribution • Taxonomy
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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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Ecology |
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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 (Plants) | ||
| Subkingdom | Pteridobiotina | ||
| Phylum | Tracheophyta (Vascular Plants) | ||
| Class | Magnoliopsida (Dicots) | ||
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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 (Clovers) | ||
| Subgenus | Trifolium | ||
| Section | Trifolium | ||
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Two varieties of Trifolium arvense have been described based on habit and the density of pubescence. They are recognized by GRIN but not by GBIF, ITIS, USDA PLANTS, Plants of the World Online, or World Flora Online. |
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Synonyms |
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Trifolium agrestinum Trifolium agrestinum ssp. lagopinum Trifolium agrestinum ssp. littorale Trifolium arenivagum Trifolium arvense Trifolium arvense f. komlodiae Trifolium arvense f. litorale Trifolium arvense f. pulchellum Trifolium arvense prol. agrestinum Trifolium arvense prol. brittingeri Trifolium arvense prol. gracile Trifolium arvense prol. longisetosum Trifolium arvense ssp. agrestinum Trifolium arvense ssp. brittingeri Trifolium arvense ssp. gracile Trifolium arvense ssp. longisetosum Trifolium arvense ssp. longisetum Trifolium arvense ssp. preslianum Trifolium arvense var. aetnense Trifolium arvense var. agrestinum Trifolium arvense var. alopecuroides Trifolium arvense var. angustifolium Trifolium arvense var. arenivagum Trifolium arvense var. arvense Trifolium arvense var. australe Trifolium arvense var. ballii Trifolium arvense var. bohemicum Trifolium arvense var. brachyodon Trifolium arvense var. brittingeri Trifolium arvense var. capitatum Trifolium arvense var. crassicaule Trifolium arvense var. cyrenaicum Trifolium arvense var. exiguum Trifolium arvense var. glabrum Trifolium arvense var. gracile Trifolium arvense var. lagopinum Trifolium arvense var. latifolium Trifolium arvense var. littorale Trifolium arvense var. longisetum Trifolium arvense var. maritimum Trifolium arvense var. microcephalum Trifolium arvense var. nanum Trifolium arvense var. perpusillum Trifolium arvense var. preslianum Trifolium arvense var. pulchellum Trifolium arvense var. rubellum Trifolium arvense var. sabuletorum Trifolium arvense var. strictior Trifolium arvense var. sylvaticum Trifolium arvicola Trifolium brachyodon Trifolium brittingeri Trifolium capitellatum Trifolium capitellatum var. clarius Trifolium capitellatum var. elatius Trifolium capitulatum Trifolium ceretanum Trifolium cyrenaicum Trifolium eriocephalum Trifolium gracile Trifolium gracile ssp. rubellum Trifolium lagopinum Trifolium lagopus Trifolium littorale Trifolium longisetum Trifolium pectinatum Trifolium preslianum Trifolium rubellum Trifolium sabuletorum Trifolium villosum |
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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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