Relatives
Trifolium canescens Willd. - Canescent Clover.
Taxonomic position.
Family Fabaceae Lindl., genus Trifolium L.Morphology and biology.
Perennial pubescent herbaceous plant. Root many-headed, stems 10-30 cm tall, numerous, ascending, unbranched, covered with adpressed white hairs. Stipules 15-25 mm wide. Leaves 2 cm long and 1.0-1.5 cm wide, oval, emarginate. Heads surrounded by uppermost leaves. Corolla pale yellow. Fruit a coriaceous 1-seeded pod. Flowers in June, fruits in July. Self-incompatible, cross-pollinated plant.Distribution.
Caucasus.Ecology.
Meadows and herbaceous slopes, in subalpine and alpine zones, less often in upper forest zone.Economic value.
May be used as forage plant.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. 1945. Clover - Trifolium L. In: Shishkin BK., ed. Flora URSS. V.11. P.189-261. (In Russian).