Fabaceae (Faboideae) Fortnight: Trifolium campestre Schreb. from Kathua, J & K-GSOCT77/82

[Gurcharan Singh]

Trifolium campestre Schreb., J. Sturm, Deutschl. Fl. Abt. 1(Heft 16): t. 253. 1804 

Common names: great hop trefoil, hop clover, hop trefoil, large hop clover

Annual erect or ascending herb with pinnately trifoliate leaves; stipules up to 8 mm long, adnate to prtiole for half its length; lateral leaflets sessile, terminal on 3-7 mm long stalk, leaflets obovate8-15 mm long, margin entire in lower part, serrate in upper part; flowers yellow in globose to cylindical head-like racemes on up to 3 cm long peduncle; pedicel 1-2 mm long; calyx white, 2-3 mm long; corolla yellow, persistent, turning brown in fruit.

The plant is useful fodder, but less commonly cultivated, usually growing naturally, photographed from Kathua J & K. 

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Dr. Gurcharan Singh

Retired  Associate Professor
SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007
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[Ushadi Micromini]

nice colors

usha di

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