Fabaceae |
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Trifolium hybridum L. var. hybridum |
Trifolium L. |
T. hybridum L,, Sp. PL 766 (1753). Ascending or erect perennial 5-50 cm. Leaflets 1-3 cm, obovate to rhombic, apex emarginate; stipules herbaceous, obovate to lanceolate with a subulate or cuspidate tip. Inflorescence umbellate, 1-2 cm diam., globose, 12-20-flowered, peduncles longer than leaves. Bracts 1-2 mm ovate. Flowers white to pink, long pedicelled. Calyx 3.4.5 mm, whitish, 5-nerved; teeth lanceolate, unequal. Corolla 7-9 mm. Legume 2-4-seeded. 1. Stems ascending, usually 20-30(-50) cm; leaflets 2-3 cm var. hybridum 1. Stems caespitose, 5-20 cm; leaflets 0.7-1.0(-1.5) cm var. anatolicum var. hybridum. Figure 4, p. 399. Syn: T. elegans Savi, Fl. Pis. 2:161 (1798); T. hybridum L. var. elegans (Savi) Boiss., Fl. Or. 2:146 (1872). Ic: Bot. Mag. 65: t. 3702 (1839). Fl. 5-9. Meadows, damp places, etc., s.l-2000 m. Described from a cultivated specimen (Hb. Linn. 930/15, photo!). N. Turkey, W. & E. Anatolia. A2(E) Istanbul: hills near Therapia (Tarabya), 1 vii 1888, Azn.! A2(A) Istanbul: Paşabahçe to Polnezköy, 2 vi 1910, B. Post! A3 Bolu: Abant G., 1400 m, D. 37287! A4 Zonguldak: 17 km S of Gerede, 1300 m, M. Zohary 5163! A6 Sivas: Şerefiye Y. to Zara, 1600 m, Hub.-Mor. 15023. A9 Erzurum: 22 km from Horasan to Karaurgan, 2000 m, D. 29518! B7 Tunceli: Ovacik to Hozat, 2000 m, D. 31540! B8 Muş: S.W. foot of Bingöl Dağ, 11 km from Çaylar to Karliova, 1800 m, D. 46159! B10 Ağri: district W of Doğubayazit, M. Zohary & Plitmann 2263-5! B/C9 Van: d. Şatak, Görendaş, 2000 m, D. 23228! C1 Izmir: Kuşadası, s.l, Hub.-Mor. 17540. C10 Hakkari: Gevar Ovasi, 2-3 km from Yüksekova, 1950 m, D. 45769! Native in S. Europe, extending to Caucasia. Cultivated and widely naturalised throughout the temperate regions. |