Nature By NameSign inCreate an account

Plants › Legumes

woolly clover

Trifolium tomentosum

Learn woolly clover freeHow it works
Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) marcos-ruiz, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

25 photos

Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.

See all photosAdd a photo

Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 71, February 61, March 64, April 465, May 275, June 56, July 48, August 49, September 62, October 64, November 82, December 63.
California845
United States791
Spain559
Comunidad de Madrid278
Portugal162
Greece132
Andalucía129
France94
Australia91
Israel60

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

  • Restoration or landscaping useListed as being used for restoration, landscaping, ornamental planting, erosion control, soil improvement, shade, windbreaks, pollution indicators, or wastewater purification.Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species
  • Forb or herb growth formListed by a harvested source as having a forb or herbaceous growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Annual plantListed by a harvested source as having an annual life duration.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Nitrogen fixingDescends from a plant lineage commonly associated with nitrogen-fixing symbioses.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderLegumes, Milkworts, and Allies · Fabales
FamilyLegumes · Fabaceae
Genusclovers · Trifolium

Study it in a deck

Or build your own from the species near you.

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise woolly clover with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

Create a free accountHow it works