Family |
Fabaceae
Trifolium angustifolium
L.
Trifolium angustifolium L.
First published in Sp. Pl.: 769 (1753).
(Nouvelle Flore du Liban et de la Syrie, vol. 2, p. 277, Pl. CV, 4; 1970)
Description
Life-form & habit: Erect annual herb 10–50 cm tall, with a light covering of close-lying hairs.
Leaves: Leaflets very narrow, linear and pointed, hairless or nearly so. Stipules narrow, with a lanceolate free part tapering to a fine point.
Inflorescence & flowers: Terminal heads oblong-conical and variably elongated. Calyx strongly bristly, with erect spine-like teeth as long as or longer than the tube, the lowest slightly longer than the others. Corolla pale pink, about 1 cm long, barely exceeding the calyx.
Flowering and habitat
Phenology: Flowering April–May.
Habitat & elevation: Grassy places and garrigue; localized.
Distribution
Lebanese distribution: Beirut, Qalmoun, Tripoli, Mar Doumit, Deir Mar Roukhos, Salima, Jour el Ballout, Maghdouche, Kennaby, below Beit Meri, Tell el Akhdar and Bqaatouta.
Syrian distribution: Ain Halakim, south of Kessab and Ain Diwar.
Native range: Albania, Algeria, Azores, Baleares, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Corse, Cyprus, Czechia-Slovakia, East Aegean Is., Egypt, France, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kriti, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Madeira, Morocco, North Caucasus, NW. Balkan Pen., Palestine, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Sicilia, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Türkiye, Türkiye-in-Europe.
Introduced into: Alabama, Alaska, Belarus, California, Cape Provinces, Chile Central, Germany, Great Britain, Japan, Lesotho, Massachusetts, Nansei-shoto, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Oregon, Queensland, South Carolina, Tasmania, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uruguay, Victoria, Western Australia.