Trifolium nigrescens Viv.

Spice In the field

Family: LEGUMINOSAE

Genus: Trifolium

Catalan common name: Trèvol blanc.

Province distribution: Balearic Islands. Barcelona. Girona.

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca. Menorca.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Mediterranean

IUCN Category: LCLeast concern

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Terophyte.

Habitats: Cultivated fields, path and road sides, disturbed zones. Cultivated fields, path and road sides.

Characteristics: Paradoxically, Trifolium nigrescens has very white flowers, united in a limp florescence where once fecund, flowers become reflex and dangle from the peduncle. Leaves however, do have wide folioles with black spots. This is an annual plant, while Trifolium repens is perennial. Flowers during the spring.