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, Southeast and East Europe to Türkiye and Syria according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew); also native to Spain according to The Euro+Med PlantBase (source: ILDIS World Database of Legumes, 2010).
Habitat: Edges and clearings of oak forests, roadsides.
Flowering period: Summer: JUN, JUL.
Trifolium vesiculosum – habit. Osogovo, hilly region between the villages of Pantelej and Rajchani, 02.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Trifolium vesiculosum – habit. Osogovo, hilly region between the villages of Pantelej and Rajchani, 02.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Trifolium vesiculosum – habit. Osogovo, hilly region between the villages of Pantelej and Rajchani, 02.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Trifolium vesiculosum – flowering stems. Osogovo, hilly region between the villages of Pantelej and Rajchani, 02.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Trifolium vesiculosum – flowering stems. Osogovo, hilly region between the villages of Pantelej and Rajchani, 02.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Trifolium vesiculosum – flowering stems. Osogovo, hilly region between the villages of Pantelej and Rajchani, 02.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Trifolium vesiculosum – flowering stems. Osogovo, hilly region between the villages of Pantelej and Rajchani, 02.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Trifolium vesiculosum – flowering stem with inflorescence. Osogovo, hilly region between the villages of Pantelej and Rajchani, 02.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Trifolium vesiculosum – inflorescence and upper cauline leaves. Osogovo, hilly region between the villages of Pantelej and Rajchani, 02.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Trifolium vesiculosum – flowers. Osogovo, hilly region between the villages of Pantelej and Rajchani, 02.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Trifolium vesiculosum – flowers. Osogovo, hilly region between the villages of Pantelej and Rajchani, 02.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Trifolium vesiculosum – flowers. Osogovo, hilly region between the villages of Pantelej and Rajchani, 02.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Trifolium vesiculosum – flowers. Osogovo, hilly region between the villages of Pantelej and Rajchani, 02.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Trifolium vesiculosum – flowers. Osogovo, hilly region between the villages of Pantelej and Rajchani, 02.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Trifolium vesiculosum – flowers. Osogovo, hilly region between the villages of Pantelej and Rajchani, 02.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Trifolium vesiculosum – flowers. Osogovo, hilly region between the villages of Pantelej and Rajchani, 02.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Trifolium vesiculosum – fruiting inflorescence. Osogovo, hilly region between the villages of Pantelej and Rajchani, 02.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Trifolium vesiculosum – fruiting inflorescence. Osogovo, hilly region between the villages of Pantelej and Rajchani, 02.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Trifolium vesiculosum – fruiting inflorescence. Osogovo, hilly region between the villages of Pantelej and Rajchani, 02.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Trifolium vesiculosum – inflorescence – calyx of flowers. Osogovo, hilly region between the villages of Pantelej and Rajchani, 02.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Trifolium vesiculosum – inflorescence – calyx of flowers. Osogovo, hilly region between the villages of Pantelej and Rajchani, 02.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Trifolium vesiculosum – inflorescence – calyx in flowers and fruits. Osogovo, hilly region between the villages of Pantelej and Rajchani, 02.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Trifolium vesiculosum – peduncle and uppermost leaves. Osogovo, hilly region between the villages of Pantelej and Rajchani, 02.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Trifolium vesiculosum – peduncle uppermost leaves. Osogovo, hilly region between the villages of Pantelej and Rajchani, 02.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Trifolium vesiculosum – stem with leaf. Osogovo, hilly region between the villages of Pantelej and Rajchani, 02.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Trifolium vesiculosum – stems with leaves. Osogovo, hilly region between the villages of Pantelej and Rajchani, 02.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Trifolium vesiculosum – stem with leaves. Osogovo, hilly region between the villages of Pantelej and Rajchani, 02.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Trifolium vesiculosum – stems with leaves. Osogovo, hilly region between the villages of Pantelej and Rajchani, 02.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Trifolium vesiculosum – lower part of stems with leaves. Osogovo, hilly region between the villages of Pantelej and Rajchani, 02.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Trifolium vesiculosum – lower part of stems with leaves. Osogovo, hilly region between the villages of Pantelej and Rajchani, 02.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Trifolium vesiculosum – leaf. Osogovo, hilly region between the villages of Pantelej and Rajchani, 02.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Trifolium vesiculosum – adaxial side of leaf. Osogovo, hilly region between the villages of Pantelej and Rajchani, 02.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Trifolium vesiculosum – abaxial side of leaf, stipules and stem. Osogovo, hilly region between the villages of Pantelej and Rajchani, 02.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Trifolium vesiculosum – abaxial side of leaf. Osogovo, hilly region between the villages of Pantelej and Rajchani, 02.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Trifolium vesiculosum – abaxial side of leaf, stipules and stem. Osogovo, hilly region between the villages of Pantelej and Rajchani, 02.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Trifolium vesiculosum – stem and stipules. Osogovo, hilly region between the villages of Pantelej and Rajchani, 02.07.2023. 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.
