Trifolium hirtum All.

Taxonomy: Fam. Fabaceae// Genus: Trifolium // Species: Trifolium hirtum All.

Determined according to the botanical keys provided by Coombe in Tutin et al. (1968) and Micevski (2001).

Lifeform: Annual, therophyte according to the Raunkiær system.

Distribution: Native to Canary Islands, the Mediterranean to Iran according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens Kew).

Habitat:  Open habitats- grasslands, sparse bushland, clearings of forests, rocky terrains.

Flowering period:  Late spring – summer: MAY, JUN, JUL.

Trifolium hirtum  –  habit. Osogovo – between the village of Rajchani and the Svilanovo region, 20.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Trifolium hirtum  –  habit. Osogovo – between the village of Rajchani and the Svilanovo region, 20.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Trifolium hirtum  –  flowering stems with inflorescence. Osogovo – between the village of Rajchani and the Svilanovo region, 20.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Trifolium hirtum  –  flowering stems with inflorescence. Osogovo – between the village of Rajchani and the Svilanovo region, 20.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Trifolium hirtum  –  inflorescence. Osogovo – between the village of Rajchani and the Svilanovo region, 20.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Trifolium hirtum  –  inflorescence. Osogovo – between the village of Rajchani and the Svilanovo region, 20.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Trifolium hirtum  –  inflorescence. Osogovo – between the village of Rajchani and the Svilanovo region, 20.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Trifolium hirtum  –  inflorescence. Osogovo – between the village of Rajchani and the Svilanovo region, 20.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Trifolium hirtum  –  inflorescence. Osogovo – between the village of Rajchani and the Svilanovo region, 20.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Trifolium hirtum  –  inflorescence. Osogovo – between the village of Rajchani and the Svilanovo region, 20.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Trifolium hirtum  –  inflorescence. Osogovo – between the village of Rajchani and the Svilanovo region, 20.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Trifolium hirtum  –  bracts of inflorescence. Osogovo – between the village of Rajchani and the Svilanovo region, 20.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Trifolium hirtum  –  upper leaf and bracts of inflorescence. Osogovo – between the village of Rajchani and the Svilanovo region, 20.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Trifolium hirtum  –  leaf. Osogovo – between the village of Rajchani and the Svilanovo region, 20.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Trifolium hirtum  –  leaf and stipules. Osogovo – between the village of Rajchani and the Svilanovo region, 20.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Trifolium hirtum  –  stem, leaf and stipule. Osogovo – between the village of Rajchani and the Svilanovo region, 20.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Trifolium hirtum  – stems and lower leaf. Osogovo – between the village of Rajchani and the Svilanovo region, 20.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Trifolium hirtum  –  stems with leaves. Osogovo – between the village of Rajchani and the Svilanovo region, 20.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Trifolium hirtum  –  lower part of plants. Osogovo – between the village of Rajchani and the Svilanovo region, 20.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Trifolium hirtum  –  lower part of stem and root. Osogovo – between the village of Rajchani and the Svilanovo region, 20.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Trifolium hirtum  –  habit. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 20.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Trifolium hirtum  –  habit. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 20.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Trifolium hirtum  –  upper part of plant with inflorescences. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 20.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Trifolium hirtum  –  inflorescence. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 20.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Trifolium hirtum  –  inflorescence. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 20.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Trifolium hirtum  –  inflorescence. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 20.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Trifolium hirtum  –  inflorescence. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 20.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Trifolium hirtum  –  spent inflorescence. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 20.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Trifolium hirtum –  leaf. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 20.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Trifolium hirtum –  stipules. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 20.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Trifolium hirtum –  stem. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 20.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

References:

Trifolium hirtum All. Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:523218-1 [Accessed 29.06.2021].

Trifolium L. Coombe, D.E. in Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M. & Webb, D.A. (1968). Flora Europaea. Volume 2: Rosaceae to Umbelliferae. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 157 – 172.

Trifolium L. Micevski, K. (2001). The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia Vol. I, Book 5. Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, pp. 1290-1345.

Last update: 17.02.2024.

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