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Photographer: Christopher Noll
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Family Fabaceae
Trifolium campestre Schreb.
field clover, low hop clover, pinnate hop clover
Trifolium: from tres for three; folium for leaves
campestre: Latin meaning "of the fields"
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| Status: | Introduced - naturalized |
| Plant: | erect, annual, 4"-16" tall forb with many branches; stems fuzzy |
| Flower: | yellow, 5-parted, 1/8"-1/4" long, keel (top petal) grooved, calyx 2-lipped; inflorescence a dense, round to cylindrical head of 20-30 flowers; blooms May-Sept. |
| Leaf: | pinnately 3-parted, leaf and end leaflet stalked |
| Habitat: | disturbed sites |
| Notes: | Similar to black medick, Medicago lupulina, but with larger heads |
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