Trifolium campestre plant DC2
Introduced cool-season annual
low-growing hairless herbaceous C3 legume with prostrate to ascending stems. Leaves have 3 leaflets, each oblong to ovate and 8-16 mm long. The central leaflet has a distinctly longer stalk than the lateral ones. Flowerheads are dense, rounded clusters (8-15 mm long) of 20-40 yellow inflated pea-like flowers.
Fruits are oblong pods, 1-2 mm long and shorter than the sepals; petals are persistent during fruiting. Flowers from spring to mid-summer. A native of Europe, the Mediterranean and West Asia, it is found in woodlands, grasslands, roadsides and disturbed sites. Most common on moist low-fertility coarse-textured soils. Generally only found at low densities in pastures, it is more common on roadsides. Has a high hard-seed content, which makes it very persistent. Provides good quality feed, but it is not very productive; although it grows from autumn to mid-summer, but most growth is in spring. Responds to increased fertility, but is not shade tolerant: keep pastures short in late winter and spring to maximise production.
Trifolium campestre plant DC2
Introduced cool-season annual
low-growing hairless herbaceous C3 legume with prostrate to ascending stems. Leaves have 3 leaflets, each oblong to ovate and 8-16 mm long. The central leaflet has a distinctly longer stalk than the lateral ones. Flowerheads are dense, rounded clusters (8-15 mm long) of 20-40 yellow inflated pea-like flowers.
Fruits are oblong pods, 1-2 mm long and shorter than the sepals; petals are persistent during fruiting. Flowers from spring to mid-summer. A native of Europe, the Mediterranean and West Asia, it is found in woodlands, grasslands, roadsides and disturbed sites. Most common on moist low-fertility coarse-textured soils. Generally only found at low densities in pastures, it is more common on roadsides. Has a high hard-seed content, which makes it very persistent. Provides good quality feed, but it is not very productive; although it grows from autumn to mid-summer, but most growth is in spring. Responds to increased fertility, but is not shade tolerant: keep pastures short in late winter and spring to maximise production.