Hop Clover
Trifolium aureum
Other Names: N/A
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Family
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Flower
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- 1.5-2.5cm (.5-1 inch) wide, roundish heads
- 20-40 golden/yellow flowers on each head
- As the plant ages the flowers turn brown
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Leaf
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- Three leaflets under each flower head
- 1.5-2cm (.5-.75 inch) long leaflets
- leaflets are narrow and can come to a point at the tip, or they can have a rounded end
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Location
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- Fields, meadows, and roadsides across Eastern North America
- Also found in the parts of the West,
- Is not found south of Georgia
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Flowering Time
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Other
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- Non-native, introduced from Europe
- often very low lying plants
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