Single flower clover
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The single-flowered clover ( Trifolium uniflorum ) is a species of the genus Klee ( Trifolium ) in the legume family (Fabaceae).
description
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The single-flowered clover is a very changeable, lawn- or cushion-forming, perennial plant . Its stems prostrate, short-limbed and 1 to 5 centimeters high. The leaves are tripartite and stalked. The petiole is 1 to 7 inches long and hairless or glabrous. The leaflets are 4 to 10 millimeters long, rounded to ovoid, blunt to pointed, clearly visibly veined and dentate. The stipules are broadly triangular, membranous and have a long awl tip.
The flowers are 12 to 25 millimeters long, white and cream to purple in color. They are located on 1 to 7 millimeter long stems and are arranged in one to three-flowered, axillary heads. The calyx tube is hairy or hairy, 6 to 7 millimeters long and longer than the flower stalks. The calyx teeth are roughly the same, narrow-lanceolate and shorter than the calyx tube. The flag is curved upwards and usually longer than the shuttle and wing. The pod is linear, pointed, hairy and contains three to ten seeds.
Flowering time is from March to July.
The number of chromosomes is 2n = 16 or 32.
Occurrence
The single-flowered clover occurs in the eastern Mediterranean area, in the west its area extends to Sicily . It colonizes dry meadows and stony soils.
supporting documents
- Ehrentraud Bayer, Karl-Peter Buttler , Xaver Finkenzeller, Jürke Grau: Plants of the Mediterranean (The Colored Nature Guide). Mosaik Verlag GmbH, Munich 1986.
Individual evidence
- ^ Trifolium uniflorum at Tropicos.org. In: IPCN Chromosome Reports . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis
Web links
- Thomas Meyer, Michael Hassler: Mediterranean flora. [1]