Trifolium squamosum L.

Spice In the field In the field 2

Family: LEGUMINOSAE

Genus: Trifolium

Catalan common name: Trèvol.

Spanish common name: Trébol.

Province distribution: Balearic Islands. Barcelona. Girona.

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca. Menorca.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Holoartica

IUCN Category: LCLeast concern

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Terophyte.

Habitats: Cultivated fields, path and road sides, disturbed zones. Non-saline wetlands (intermittent watercourses, streams, artesian wells, ditches). Humid soils.

Characteristics: An annual plant with ascending stems (up to 80 cm.), with upper leaves opposite. Leaves are trifoliolate with folioles entire and normally elliptic. Inflorescences are in the shape of a spike and without an involucre with many seated white or pink flowers. The calyx is pilose on the upper part, cylindrical and with 10 nerves. The stipules are linear and entire.