Species

Trifolium campestre

Etymology

campestre: From the Latin campus 'field, pasture', meaning growing in pasture

Common Name(s)

hop trefoil

Authority

Trifolium campestre Schreb.

Family

Fabaceae

Brief Description

Annual herb; stems decumbent from tap-root; leaves glabrous, trifoliate with stalk of central leaflet longer than the other two leaflets. Flower heads yellow, drying pale brown and looking like small heads of hops.

Flora Category

Vascular - Exotic

NVS Species Code

TRICAM

The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.

Structural Class

Dicotyledonous Herbs other than Composites

Habitat

Gravel waste areas e.g. railway ballast

Flower Colours

Yellow

Year Naturalised

1867

Origin

Europe to W. Asia, N. Africa

This page last updated on 3 Dec 2015