Least Hop Clover

(Trifolium dubium)

 

Color Photograph: © by Kenraiz, GNU Free Documentation license

Line Drawing: Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States and Canada, Second Edition.

Least Hop Clover (Trifolium dubium)

Alien: Native of Europe.

Identification: Plant prostrate. Flowers yellow, pealike, arranged in a round cluster. Flower heads very small with only 5 to 15 flowers per head. Stem smooth. Leaf with 3 leaflets, the top leaflet with a small petiole and often notched at the apex.

Distribution: Throughout most of North America.

Habitat: Least Hop Clover is a weedy species found in empty lots, fields, and along roadsides.

Flowering period: April to October.

Least Hop Clover (Trifolium dubium)

Similar Species:

Hop Clover (Trifolium aureum)

Smaller Hop Clover (Trifolium campestre)

Spotted Medick (Medicago arabica)

Black Medick (Medicago lupulina)

 

 

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