Large Hop Clover

(Trifolium campestre)

Large hop clover

Characteristics
Seedling Leaves Flowers Fruit
Large hop clover seedling Large hop clover leaves Large hop clover flowers Large hop clover fruit

Growing habit: Branching bushy annual

Root anatomy: Fleshy taproot with fibrous roots producing leguminous nodules

Leaf anatomy: Alternately arranged, trifoliate, leaflets ovate to obovate, glabrous, middle leaflet has longer petiole

Reproduction: Flowerheads solitary, yellow, 15-40 flowers

References: Illinois Wildflowers