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Trifolium resupinatum L.
Family Fabaceae
Subfamily Faboideae
Common name: Shaftal Clover

Trifolium resupinatum L. APNI*

Description: Prostrate to erect annual, glabrous or glabrescent; branches to 60 cm long.

Leaves 3-foliolate; leaflets obovate, 6–33 mm long, 3–21 mm wide, 1.5–2 times as long as broad, toothed.

Inflorescences 10–15 mm long and diam., many-flowered, axillary, subsessile to pedunculate. Flowers on pedicels 2–4 mm long, erect after anthesis. Calyx tube reticulately veined; teeth unequal, spiny, erect or spreading in pod. Corolla 5–8 mm long, longer than calyx, pink to purple, not persistent. Pod ± oblong, 2–2.5 mm long, 1-seeded, included in calyx.


Distribution and occurrence: Widespread but not common, south of Murwillumbah. Native of Eur., Medit., SW Asia.
NSW subdivisions: *NC, *CC, *SC, *NT, *CT, *NWS, *CWS, *SWS, *SWP
Other Australian states: *Qld *Vic. *Tas. *W.A. *S.A.
AVH map***

Text by P. H. Weston
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 2 (1991)


APNI* Provides a link to the Australian Plant Name Index (hosted by the Australian National Botanic Gardens) for comprehensive bibliographic data
***The AVH map option provides a detailed interactive Australia wide distribution map drawn from collections held by all major Australian herbaria participating in the Australian Virtual Herbarium project.
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