Trifolium campestre
Common name
hop trefoil
Family
Fabaceae
Flora category
Vascular – Exotic
Structural class
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites
NVS code
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TRICAM
Conservation status
Not applicable
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.
Habitat
Gravel waste areas e.g. railway ballast
Flower colours
Yellow
Year naturalised
1867
Origin
Europe to W. Asia, N. Africa
Etymology
campestre: From the Latin campus ‘field, pasture’, meaning growing in pasture