Relatives

Trifolium echinatum M.Bieb. - Hedgehog Clover.

Taxonomic position.

Family Fabaceae Lindl., genus Trifolium L.

Synonyms.

Trifolium supinum Savi, Trifolium procerum Rochel, Trifolium reclinatum Waldst. & Kit.

Morphology and biology.

Annual herbaceous plant. Stems 30-60 cm tall, angular, branched almost from the base. Stipules in their free part lanceolate. Leaflets narrow-oblong-linear, acute. Inflorescences ovoid solitary heads 2 cm long. Corolla pink, calyx in fruit campanulate, 10-veined. Calyx teeth subulately acuminate, therefore the head in fruit looks echinate-spiny. Fruit a scarious 1-seeded pod. Flowers in June, fruits in July. Autogamous plant. 2n=16.

Distribution.

Southern Crimea, Caucasus.

Ecology.

Forest glades and fringed, exposed stony slopes, among shrubberies.

Economic value.

May be used as forage plant in mountainous areas.

References:

Galushko AI. 1980. Flora of the North Caucasus: Handbook. V.2. 352 p. (In Russian).
Grossheim AA. 1952. Flora of Caucasus. 2nd ed. V.5. P.194-221. (In Russian).
Bobrov EG. 1987. Clover - Trifolium L. In: Fedorov AA., Tzvelev NN., eds. Flora of the European part of the USSR. V.6. P.195-208. (In Russian).
Bobrov EG. 1945. Clover - Trifolium L. In: Shishkin BK., ed. Flora URSS. V.11. P.189-261. (In Russian).

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