EcoFlora - Trifolium resupinatum

Trifolium resupinatum L.
Family: Fabaceae Reversed Clover	Gleason & Cronquist Indiana Flora Resources Vascular plants of NE US and adjacent Canada Ascending or decumbent annual; peduncles 2-5 cm; cal at maturity resembling that of no. 7 [Trifolium fragiferum L.]; cor inverted, the standard toward the lower side of the head; 2n=16. Native of Europe, intr. in grass-seed and established at widely scattered stations in our range. Early summer. Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp. ©The New York Botanical Garden. All rights reserved. Used by permission. From Flora of Indiana (1940) by Charles C. Deam This species was discovered north of Indianapolis by W. N. Clute, May 9, 1932. He says it occurs for a mile along the old canal and along roadsides. [In a footnote Deam inserted the following ...] Clute (Amer. Botanist 45:32. 1939) says: The severe winter of 1935-36 apparently killed all the plants.
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