Trifolium tomentosum L.

Spice Detail In the field In the field 2

Family: LEGUMINOSAE

Genus: Trifolium

Province distribution: Alacant. Balearic Islands. Barcelona. Castelló. Girona. Tarragona. València.

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca. Menorca. Ibiza. Formentera.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Mediterranean

IUCN Category: LCLeast concern

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Hemicryptophyte. Terophyte.

Habitats: Cultivated fields, path and road sides, disturbed zones. Therophytic calicole fields. Therophytics communities.

Characteristics: The calyces of this species are very velvety, and after flowering, swell likes a spherical balloon, and this provides a very interesting character for identification. Trifolium fragiferum also has inflated and velvety calyces, but the inflorescence of this one has an elongated peduncle, while those of T. tomentosum have a short peduncle(shorter than the corresponding leaf).