Trifolium lappaceum

Family:FABACEAE
Species:Trifolium lappaceum L.
Common Name:Lappa Clover; Burdock Clover
Habitat:**
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Annual
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:TRLA18
Plant Notes:Burdock Clover is an introduced herbaceous annual in the Bean family (Fabaceae). It is native to southern Europe, north Africa, and western Asia. Burdock Clover can be found primarily in the Black Belt region of central Alabama. It occurs on roadsides, in fields, in pastures, in lawns, and in prairies. It is an annual with a tap root. Stems are erect to decumbent, 3-6 inches in height, green in color, branched, and glabrous to slightly pubescent. Leaves are alternate, petiolate, and palmately trifoliate. The leaflets are obovate to oblanceolate in outline, finely toothed in the upper third, and villous on both surfaces. Flowers are produced in nearly sessile, globose to ovoid heads from the axils of the upper leaves. The peduncles elongate in fruit. The calyx is tubular, glabrous, and 5 lobed. The lobes are nearly equal and longer than the tube. The lobes have long, stiff, bristle-like hairs. The calyx tube has 20 nerves and a ring of stiff white hairs at its throat. The corolla is white becoming pinkish in color. The corolla is shorter to slightly longer than the calyx. The fruit is an ovoid 1-seeded legume. Burdock Clover is unique among Alabama clovers in its 20 nerved glabrous calyx tube and bristle-like lobes.—A. Diamond
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Not Native
References:**
Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

** Not applicable or data not available.

Classification

FamilyFABACEAE - Pea/Bean family
Genus Trifolium
Species Trifolium lappaceum L. - Lappa Clover; Burdock Clover

Citation

Citation Trifolium lappaceum Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 2: 768–769. 1753.
Basionym: **
Type: Type not designated.

** Not applicable or data not available.

Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Trifolium lappaceum subsp. adrianopolitanum Trifolium lappaceum Linnaeus, subsp. adrianopolitanum Velenovsky, Fl. Bulg., Suppl. 80. 1898.  
Trifolium lappaceum var. brachyodontulum Trifolium lappaceum Linnaeus, var. brachyodontulum Haussknecht, Mitth. Thuering. Bot. Vereins 5: 75. 1893.  
Trifolium lappaceum var. rhodense Trifolium lappaceum Linnaeus, var. rhodense (Pampannini) Rechinger f., Fl. Aegaea 368. 1943.Trifolium rhodense Pampannini 1925. 
Trifolium nervosum Trifolium nervosum C. Presl, Fl. Sicul. 1: xxi. 1826.  
Trifolium rhodense Trifolium rhodense Pampannini, Boll. Soc. Bot. Ital. 1925: 142. 1925.  

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Autauga, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Cherokee, Choctaw, Crenshaw, Dallas, Greene, Hale, Lee, Lowndes, Macon, Marengo, Mobile, Montgomery, Perry, Pickens, Pike, Sumter, Tuscaloosa, Wilcox

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AUA, JSU, SAMF, TROY, UNA, USAM, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1953 - 1998

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
Image
UWAL0010492 Sumter 22 Apr 2011 Keener, Brian R.
6390
UWAL
Trifolium lappaceum L.
JSU140265 Cherokee 15 Apr 1967 Collier, Gary
s.n.
JSU
Trifolium lappaceum Linnaeus
UNA00018297 Greene 03 Jun 1968 Thomas, Joab L.
1698
UNA
Trifolium lappaceum L.
UNA00045961 Barbour 26 May 1998 MacDonald, John R.
11274
UNA
Trifolium lappaceum L.
UWAL0007107 Perry 04 Jun 2006 Keener, Brian R.
2939
UWAL
Trifolium lappaceum L.
TROY000014702 Hale 23 May 2008 Keener, Brian R.
4472
TROY
Trifolium lappaceum Linnaeus
JSU140267 Mobile 16 May 1974 Whetstone, R. David
RDW-2633
JSU
Trifolium lappaceum Linnaeus
UWAL0007102 Crenshaw 26 May 2008 Diamond, Alvin R.
19321
UWAL
Trifolium lappaceum L.
JSU140270 Tuscaloosa 12 Jun 1975 Whetstone, R. David
4657
JSU
Trifolium lappaceum Linnaeus
UNA00018296 Greene 25 Apr 1967 Naugle, Helen E.
G 207
UNA
Trifolium lappaceum L.
UWAL0007103 Dallas 23 May 2007 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12611
UWAL
Trifolium lappaceum L.
USAM000006710 Greene 07 Jun 1977 LeLong, Michel G.
9834
USAM
Trifolium lappaceum Linnaeus
TROY000019770 Sumter 27 Apr 2003 Spaulding, Daniel D.
11799
TROY
Trifolium lappaceum Linnaeus
UWAL0010179 Dallas 30 Apr 2006 Kral, Robert
97279
UWAL
Trifolium lappaceum L.
UWAL0007106 Marengo 02 May 2008 England, J. Kevin
780
UWAL
Trifolium lappaceum L.
ALNHS00000396 Dallas 24 May 2010 Barger, T. Wayne
OC-176
ALNHS
Trifolium lappaceum L.
TROY000019861 Marengo 02 May 2008 England, J. Kevin
780
TROY
Trifolium lappaceum Linnaeus
UWAL0010749 Butler 21 Apr 2012 Diamond, Alvin R.
22944
UWAL
Trifolium lappaceum Linnaeus
UWAL0007104 Greene 27 May 2008 Keener, Brian R.
4528
UWAL
Trifolium lappaceum L.
TROY000038278 Bullock 26 Apr 2012 Dykes, Bailee
572
TROY
Trifolium lappaceum Linnaeus
UNA00061175 Sumter 27 Apr 2003 Spaulding, Daniel D.
11799
UNA
Trifolium lappaceum L.
TROY000005716 Montgomery 16 May 2001 Diamond, Alvin R.
12449
TROY
Trifolium lappaceum Linnaeus
USAM000006713 Mobile 22 May 1980 LeLong, Michel G.
11072
USAM
Trifolium lappaceum Linnaeus
JSU140268 Mobile 16 May 1974 Whetstone, R. David
2633
JSU
Trifolium lappaceum Linnaeus
UNA00008870 Wilcox 20 May 1982 Gunn, Scott C.
678
UNA
Trifolium lappaceum L.
TROY000046172 Wilcox 14 May 2009 Keener, Brian R.
5313
TROY
Trifolium lappaceum Linnaeus
UNA00018299 Pickens 05 Jun 1971 Kral, Robert
43017
UNA
Trifolium lappaceum L.
UNA00056949 Pike 26 May 2000 Diamond, Alvin R.
11692
UNA
Trifolium lappaceum L.
AUA000013976 Lee 17 May 1949 Cunningham, Hugh B.
AUA
Trifolium Lappaceum L.
TROY000005717 Perry 04 Jun 2006 Keener, Brian R.
2939
TROY
Trifolium lappaceum Linnaeus
TROY000046097 Greene 15 May 2011 Keener, Brian R.
6500
TROY
Trifolium lappaceum Linnaeus
TROY000019860 Crenshaw 26 May 2008 Diamond, Alvin R.
19321
TROY
Trifolium lappaceum Linnaeus
AUA000028181 Lowndes 1 May 2012 Barger, T. Wayne
SP543
AUA
Trifolium Lappaceum L.
AUA000013981 Wilcox 20 May 1982 Gunn, Scott C.
678
AUA
Trifolium Lappaceum L.
UNA00066883 Perry 04 Jun 2006 Keener, Brian R.
2939
UNA
Trifolium lappaceum L.
JSU140271 Tuscaloosa 12 Jun 1975 Whetstone, R. David
4657
JSU
Trifolium lappaceum Linnaeus
ALNHS00003793 Marengo 19 Apr 2016 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#2224
ALNHS
Trifolium lappaceum L.
UWAL0046804 Autauga 26 May 2017 Parker, Matthew R.
869
UWAL
Trifolium lappaceum Linnaeus
USAM000006711 Greene 07 Jun 1979 LeLong, Michel G.
10850
USAM
Trifolium lappaceum Linnaeus
SAMF0001842 Greene 08 May 1954 McCullough, Herbert A.
s.n.
SAMF
Trifolium lappaceum Linnaeus
UWAL0035349 Mobile 02 May 2015 Horne, Howard E.
2870
UWAL
Trigolium lappaceum Linnaeus
UWAL0007108 Wilcox 14 May 2009 Keener, Brian R.
5313
UWAL
Trifolium lappaceum L.
TROY000014719 Greene 27 May 2008 Keener, Brian R.
4528
TROY
Trifolium lappaceum Linnaeus
AUA000013980 Montgomery 21 May 1968 Kral, Robert
30936
AUA
Trifolium Lappaceum L.
UNA00018295 Tuscaloosa 01 Jun 1953 Harper, Roland M.
4254
UNA
Trifolium lappaceum L.
UNA00018294 Mobile 30 Apr 1966 Deramus, Rebecca
D893
UNA
Trifolium lappaceum L.
AUA000013979 Montgomery 15 May 1955 Moore, William H.
AUA
Trifolium Lappaceum L.
UNA00068682 Greene 27 May 2008 Keener, Brian R.
4528
UNA
Trifolium lappaceum L.
JSU140269 Sumter 19 May 1989 Anderson, Loran C.
11975
JSU
Trifolium lappaceum Linnaeus
UWAL0011717 Greene 15 May 2011 Keener, Brian R.
6500
UWAL
Trifolium lappaceum Linnaeus
ALNHS00005606 Lowndes 18 Apr 2018 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#3704
ALNHS
Trifolium lappaceum L.
UNA00069235 Marengo 02 May 2008 England, J. Kevin
780
UNA
Trifolium lappaceum L.
UWAL0013928 Bullock 26 Apr 2012 Dykes, Bailee
572
UWAL
Trifolium lappaceum Linnaeus
TROY000038469 Choctaw 04 May 2012 Keener, Brian R.
7218
TROY
Trifolium lappaceum Linnaeus
SAMF0006660 Greene 20 May 2016 Davenport, Lawrence J.
6331
SAMF
Trifolium lappaceum Linnaeus
TROY000046498 Autauga 26 May 2017 Parker, Matthew R.
869
TROY
Trifolium lappaceum Linnaeus
AUA000024542 Dallas 15 Apr 2007 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12587
AUA
Trifolium Lappaceum L.
AUA000013977 Lowndes 2 May 1954 Marsh, Marlin W.
AUA
Trifolium Lappaceum L.
UNA00018298 Hale 23 May 1966 Maginness, Sherrie E.
285
UNA
Trifolium lappaceum L.
UWAL0007105 Hale 23 May 2008 Keener, Brian R.
4472
UWAL
Trifolium lappaceum L.
AUA000013978 Macon 29 May 1988 Diamond, Alvin R.
4912
AUA
Trifolium Lappaceum L.
TROY000034773 Butler 21 Apr 2012 Diamond, Alvin R.
22944
TROY
Trifolium lappaceum Linnaeus
UNA00061115 Greene 11 May 2003 Spaulding, Daniel D.
11839
UNA
Trifolium lappaceum L.
UWAL0010641 Choctaw 04 May 2012 Keener, Brian R.
7218
UWAL
Trifolium lappaceum L.
USAM000006712 Mobile 21 May 1969 LeLong, Michel G.
5111
USAM
Trifolium lappaceum Linnaeus
TROY000019769 Greene 11 May 2003 Spaulding, Daniel D.
11839
TROY
Trifolium lappaceum Linnaeus
JSU140266 Mobile 16 May 1974 Whetstone, R. David
RDW-2633
JSU
Trifolium lappaceum Linnaeus
UWAL0047379 Greene 29 Apr 2018 Keener, Brian R.
10627
UWAL
Trifolium lappaceum L.
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