Determined according to the botanical key provided by Coombe in Tutin et al. (1968) and Micevski (2001).
Lifeform: Annual; Therophyte according to the Raunkiær system.
Distribution: Balkan Peninsula according to the Euro+Med Plantbase (ILDIS World Database of Legumes, 2010) and the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens Kew).
Habitat: Edges and clearings of oak and European beech forests, on rocky and stony ground, eroded soil – up to c. 1500 m altitude.
Flowering period: Summer: JUN, JUL.
Trifolium trichopterum – habit. Osogovo – Visoka chuka (Ponikva), 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Trifolium trichopterum – habit. Osogovo – Visoka chuka (Ponikva), 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Trifolium trichopterum – inflorescence. Osogovo – Visoka chuka (Ponikva), 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Trifolium trichopterum – inflorescence. Osogovo – Visoka chuka (Ponikva), 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Trifolium trichopterum – inflorescence. Osogovo – Visoka chuka (Ponikva), 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Trifolium trichopterum – inflorescence. Osogovo – Visoka chuka (Ponikva), 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Trifolium trichopterum – inflorescence and leaf. Osogovo – Visoka chuka (Ponikva), 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Trifolium trichopterum – stem, stipules and adaxial side of leaf. Osogovo – Visoka chuka (Ponikva), 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Trifolium trichopterum – stem, stipules and adaxial side of leaf. Osogovo – Visoka chuka (Ponikva), 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Trifolium trichopterum – habit . Mountain ridge between “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 05.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Trifolium trichopterum – habit . Mountain ridge between “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 05.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Trifolium trichopterum – habit . Mountain ridge between “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 05.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Trifolium trichopterum – habit . Mountain ridge between “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 05.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Trifolium trichopterum – habit . Mountain ridge between “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 05.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Trifolium trichopterum – upper part of plant with inflorescence . Mountain ridge between “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 05.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Trifolium trichopterum – flowering stems. Mountain ridge between “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 05.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Trifolium trichopterum – upper part of plant with inflorescences. Mountain ridge between “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 05.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Trifolium trichopterum – stem with flowering terminal inflorescences and developing lateral inflorescences. Mountain ridge between “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 05.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Trifolium trichopterum – upper part of stem with inflorescences. Mountain ridge between “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 05.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Trifolium trichopterum – inflorescences. Mountain ridge between “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 05.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Trifolium trichopterum – inflorescences. Mountain ridge between “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 05.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Trifolium trichopterum – stem with cauline leaves. Mountain ridge between “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 05.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Trifolium trichopterum – plant base- stems with cauline leaves. Mountain ridge between “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 05.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Trifolium trichopterum – stems with cauline leaves. Mountain ridge between “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 05.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Trifolium trichopterum – habit in habitat. Mountain ridge between “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 13.06.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Trifolium trichopterum – habit. Mountain ridge between “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 13.06.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Trifolium trichopterum – habit. Mountain ridge between “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 13.06.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Trifolium trichopterum – stems with inflorescences. Mountain ridge between “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 13.06.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Trifolium trichopterum – inflorescences. Mountain ridge between “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 13.06.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Trifolium trichopterum – inflorescences. Mountain ridge between “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 13.06.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Trifolium trichopterum – stems with leaves. Mountain ridge between “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 13.06.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
References:
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.
