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: Native to Italy, Hungary, Romania, Balkan Peninsula to Türkiye, Northwest Africa according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew); also native to Spain and Belgium according to The Euro+Med PlantBase (source: ILDIS World Database of Legumes, 2010);
Habitat: Grasslands, edges and clearings of oak forests, roadsides.
Flowering period: Summer: JUN, JUL.
Trifolium pallidum – habit. Osogovo, hilly region between the villages of Pantelej and Rajchani, 21.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Trifolium pallidum – habit. Osogovo, hilly region between the villages of Pantelej and Rajchani, 21.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Trifolium pallidum – habit. Osogovo, hilly region between the villages of Pantelej and Rajchani, 21.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Trifolium pallidum – habit. Osogovo, hilly region between the villages of Pantelej and Rajchani, 21.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Trifolium pallidum – habit. Osogovo, hilly region between the villages of Pantelej and Rajchani, 21.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Trifolium pallidum – flowering stems. Osogovo, hilly region between the villages of Pantelej and Rajchani, 21.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Trifolium pallidum – inflorescence with subtending leaves. The uppermost eaves are opposite. Osogovo, hilly region between the villages of Pantelej and Rajchani, 21.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Trifolium pallidum – inflorescence with subtending leaves. The uppermost eaves are opposite. Osogovo, hilly region between the villages of Pantelej and Rajchani, 21.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Trifolium pallidum – inflorescence with subtending leaves. The uppermost eaves are opposite. Osogovo, hilly region between the villages of Pantelej and Rajchani, 21.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Trifolium pallidum – inflorescence. Osogovo, hilly region between the villages of Pantelej and Rajchani, 21.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Trifolium pallidum – inflorescence with subtending leaves. The uppermost eaves are opposite. Osogovo, hilly region between the villages of Pantelej and Rajchani, 21.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Trifolium pallidum – inflorescence. Osogovo, hilly region between the villages of Pantelej and Rajchani, 21.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Trifolium pallidum – inflorescence. Osogovo, hilly region between the villages of Pantelej and Rajchani, 21.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Trifolium pallidum – inflorescence. Osogovo, hilly region between the villages of Pantelej and Rajchani, 21.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Trifolium pallidum – subtending leaves. Osogovo, hilly region between the villages of Pantelej and Rajchani, 21.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Trifolium pallidum – subtending leaves. Osogovo, hilly region between the villages of Pantelej and Rajchani, 21.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Trifolium pallidum – stem with leaves and developing inflorescence. Osogovo, hilly region between the villages of Pantelej and Rajchani, 21.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Trifolium pallidum – stems with leaves. Osogovo, hilly region between the villages of Pantelej and Rajchani, 21.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Trifolium pallidum – stem and leaf. Osogovo, hilly region between the villages of Pantelej and Rajchani, 21.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Trifolium pallidum – stem and leaf. Osogovo, hilly region between the villages of Pantelej and Rajchani, 21.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Trifolium pallidum – stem and leaf. Osogovo, hilly region between the villages of Pantelej and Rajchani, 21.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Trifolium pallidum – stipules. Osogovo, hilly region between the villages of Pantelej and Rajchani, 21.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Trifolium pallidum – stipules. Osogovo, hilly region between the villages of Pantelej and Rajchani, 21.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Trifolium pallidum – lower cauline leaf. Osogovo, hilly region between the villages of Pantelej and Rajchani, 21.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Trifolium pallidum – lower cauline leaf. Osogovo, hilly region between the villages of Pantelej and Rajchani, 21.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Trifolium pallidum – lower cauline leaf. Osogovo, hilly region between the villages of Pantelej and Rajchani, 21.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Trifolium pallidum – adaxial side of leaf. Osogovo, hilly region between the villages of Pantelej and Rajchani, 21.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Trifolium pallidum – adaxial side of leaf. Osogovo, hilly region between the villages of Pantelej and Rajchani, 21.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Trifolium pallidum – abaxial side of leaf. Osogovo, hilly region between the villages of Pantelej and Rajchani, 21.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Trifolium pallidum – abaxial side of leaf. Osogovo, hilly region between the villages of Pantelej and Rajchani, 21.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Trifolium pallidum – stipule and petiole of lower cauline leaf. Osogovo, hilly region between the villages of Pantelej and Rajchani, 21.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Trifolium pallidum – stem. Osogovo, hilly region between the villages of Pantelej and Rajchani, 21.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Trifolium pallidum – lower part of plant. Osogovo, hilly region between the villages of Pantelej and Rajchani, 21.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Trifolium pallidum – lower part of plant. Osogovo, hilly region between the villages of Pantelej and Rajchani, 21.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
References:
Trifolum 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.
