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rabbitfoot clover
Trifolium arvense
29 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.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
Narrow-leaved cloverTrifolium angustifolium
Hare's Tail GrassLagurus ovatus
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
Rose CloverTrifolium hirtum
crimson cloverTrifolium incarnatum
Knotted cloverTrifolium striatum
white cloverTrifolium repens
Rancheria cloverTrifolium albopurpureum
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 145,392 |
|---|---|
| Alaska | 128,293 |
| Canada | 5,885 |
| Russia | 4,820 |
| Germany | 2,135 |
| Ontario | 1,744 |
| New York | 1,657 |
| Massachusetts | 1,469 |
| Quebec | 1,413 |
| Maine | 1,177 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Group and habits
- Medicinal useListed as having medicinal use by a harvested source. This is not medical advice.Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species
- Crop wild relativeListed as a crop wild relative or crop gene source by a harvested source.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
Edibility, toxicity and medicinal traits are records from datasets, not advice. Never eat, handle or use a wild species on the strength of an app.
Classification
| Kingdom | Plants · Plantae |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Vascular Plants · Tracheophyta |
| Class | Dicots · Magnoliopsida |
| Order | Legumes, Milkworts, and Allies · Fabales |
| Family | Legumes · Fabaceae |
| Genus | clovers · Trifolium |
Study it in a deck
- Medicinal Plants of Baltimore County
- Plants of Charleston County, South Carolina, United States
- Plants of Richmond city, Virginia, United States
- Plants of Shoalhaven, New South Wales, Australia
- Plants of Zaporizhia, Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine
- Trees of Maryland
Or build your own from the species near you.
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- Traits: Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species (CC BY 4.0)
- Traits: USDA PLANTS Characteristics (U.S. Government work / public domain)
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise rabbitfoot clover with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.