Trifolium dubium




Family Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily Faboideae
Tribe Trifolieae
Scientific name Trifolium dubium Sibthorp
Synonyms Amarenus flavus (C. Presl) C. Presl; Chrysaspis dubia (Sibthorp) Desvaux; Trifolium flavum C. Presl; Trifolium luteolum Schur; Trifolium minus Smith; Trifolium parviflorum Bunge ex Nyman
Common name (Japanese common name) kome-tubu tume-kusa (コメツブツメクサ, 米粒詰草 [meaning: tiny packing weed])
(English common name) suckling clover, low hop clover, small hop clover, yellow clover
Distribution (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa
(Other nations) [native] Russia, Europa, Turkey, Cyprus, Israel, Morocco, Tunisia
Habitat Field, roadside
Chromosomal number 2n=16, 28, 32
Description Plants electing or creeping. Leaves 5-15mm long, 5-12mm wide. Flowers yellow, flowering in April to July. Perennial plants.
Reference Trifolium dubium Sibth.
Trifolium dubium Sibthorp
Trifolium dubium Sibth.
Note Naturalized plants (first discovered at Tokyo in 1935).



June 2006
at open field
June 2006
at open field
June 2006
at open field