LARGE HOP CLOVER
GENESIS NAME: TRIFOLIUM AUREUM
DISTRIBUTION: Eurasia: most of Europe east to Turkey and the Caucasus region. It also has subsequently become widely naturalized in the US and Canada
.SEASON: August thru Roctober
MEDICAL USE: No medicinal uses were found.POISONOUS:
EDIBILITY: Hop Clover has limited edible uses. One source suggests that this species can be used in salads or to brew tea.FEATURES:
LEAVES: The flowering heads are either terminal or arise from the angle between the main stem and a leaf stem. They are egg-shaped (ovoid), 1.5 to 2 cm (~0.59 to 0.79 in) long and 1 to 1.5cm (~0.39 to 0.59 in) wide and contain 20-50 florets. The florets are 7 to 8 mm (~.0.28 to 0.31) long and are on stems 1 mm (~0.04 in) long and at their attachment points are surrounded by small leaf-like structures (bracts).The calyx is 3mm (0.12 in) long and the floral tube is up to 1mm (~0.04 in) long. The largest petal (the standard petal) is concave and becomes brown and lined with age.
The seed pods are 2 to 3 mm (~0.08 to 0.12 in) long, contain a single seed, and are borne on a short stem..[2]
The broad somewhat ovate stipules of T. campestre can help distinguish it from T. aureum with its prolonged lanceolate-ovate stipules.[11]
There are relatively few yellow clovers. Gillett and Taylor[2] by my count, list and describe 228 clover species. Relatively few of them have yellow or yellowish flowers and some of these can have other colors as well, sometimes changing to these colors (most commonly pinks or purples) with age.
FRUITS: The fruit is a pod usually containing two seeds. The closely related Trifolium campestre (hop trefoil) is a similar, but shorter, spreading, species with smaller leaves and flowers. The middle leaflet of its leaves also has a short rachis.
DISTRIBUTION: Eurasia: most of Europe east to Turkey and the Caucasus region. It also has subsequently become widely naturalized in the US and Canada
.SEASON: August thru Roctober
MEDICAL USE: No medicinal uses were found.POISONOUS:
EDIBILITY: Hop Clover has limited edible uses. One source suggests that this species can be used in salads or to brew tea.FEATURES:
LEAVES: The flowering heads are either terminal or arise from the angle between the main stem and a leaf stem. They are egg-shaped (ovoid), 1.5 to 2 cm (~0.59 to 0.79 in) long and 1 to 1.5cm (~0.39 to 0.59 in) wide and contain 20-50 florets. The florets are 7 to 8 mm (~.0.28 to 0.31) long and are on stems 1 mm (~0.04 in) long and at their attachment points are surrounded by small leaf-like structures (bracts).The calyx is 3mm (0.12 in) long and the floral tube is up to 1mm (~0.04 in) long. The largest petal (the standard petal) is concave and becomes brown and lined with age.
The seed pods are 2 to 3 mm (~0.08 to 0.12 in) long, contain a single seed, and are borne on a short stem..[2]
The broad somewhat ovate stipules of T. campestre can help distinguish it from T. aureum with its prolonged lanceolate-ovate stipules.[11]
There are relatively few yellow clovers. Gillett and Taylor[2] by my count, list and describe 228 clover species. Relatively few of them have yellow or yellowish flowers and some of these can have other colors as well, sometimes changing to these colors (most commonly pinks or purples) with age.
FRUITS: The fruit is a pod usually containing two seeds. The closely related Trifolium campestre (hop trefoil) is a similar, but shorter, spreading, species with smaller leaves and flowers. The middle leaflet of its leaves also has a short rachis.
DESCRIPTION:
Large hop clover (Trifolium aureum) is an erect annual or biennial with or without branches, and is at most only a slightly hairy annual 20 to 60 cm (~7.9 to 23.6 in) tall. The stipules are lance-shaped, pointed, and about equal in length to the leaf stem. The three leaflets are 1.5 to 2.5 cm (~0.59 to 0.98 in) long, are obovate to elliptical to oblanceolate in shape, are finely toothed and have no leaflet stems. The leaves have short stems that are about as long as or only slightly longer than the stipules.
The flowering heads are either terminal or arise from the angle between the main stem and a leaf stem. They are egg-shaped (ovoid), 1.5 to 2 cm (~0.59 to 0.79 in) long and 1 to 1.5cm (~0.39 to 0.59 in) wide and contain 20-50 florets. The florets are 7 to 8 mm (~.0.28 to 0.31) long and are on stems 1 mm (~0.04 in) long and at their attachment points are surrounded by small leaf-like structures (bracts).
The calyx is 3mm (0.12 in) long and the floral tube is up to 1mm (~0.04 in) long. The largest petal (the standard petal) is concave and becomes brown and lined with age.
The seed pods are 2 to 3 mm (~0.08 to 0.12 in) long, contain a single seed, and are borne on a short stem..[2]
The broad somewhat ovate stipules of T. campestre can help distinguish it from T. aureum with its prolonged lanceolate-ovate stipules.[11]
There are relatively few yellow clovers. Gillett and Taylor[2] by my count, list and describe 228 clover species. Relatively few of them have yellow or yellowish flowers and some of these can have other colors as well, sometimes changing to these colors (most commonly pinks or purples) with age.
The flowering heads are either terminal or arise from the angle between the main stem and a leaf stem. They are egg-shaped (ovoid), 1.5 to 2 cm (~0.59 to 0.79 in) long and 1 to 1.5cm (~0.39 to 0.59 in) wide and contain 20-50 florets. The florets are 7 to 8 mm (~.0.28 to 0.31) long and are on stems 1 mm (~0.04 in) long and at their attachment points are surrounded by small leaf-like structures (bracts).
The calyx is 3mm (0.12 in) long and the floral tube is up to 1mm (~0.04 in) long. The largest petal (the standard petal) is concave and becomes brown and lined with age.
The seed pods are 2 to 3 mm (~0.08 to 0.12 in) long, contain a single seed, and are borne on a short stem..[2]
The broad somewhat ovate stipules of T. campestre can help distinguish it from T. aureum with its prolonged lanceolate-ovate stipules.[11]
There are relatively few yellow clovers. Gillett and Taylor[2] by my count, list and describe 228 clover species. Relatively few of them have yellow or yellowish flowers and some of these can have other colors as well, sometimes changing to these colors (most commonly pinks or purples) with age.