الوصف النباتي
- الأوراق
- Leaves: Stipules with a narrow, lanceolate-subulate free portion; leaflets small, oblong to triangular-obovate, dentate along the margins.
- الأزهار
- Inflorescence & flowers: Heads short-pedunculate or partly enclosed by the upper leaves, ovate-oblong to oblong-cylindrical, densely flowered. Bracteoles white, as long as but broader than the calyx tube, forming an involucre-like whorl at the base of the head. Calyx c. 36-nerved, widening at anthesis into a turbinate–pyriform shape; teeth subulate, half the length of the tube. Corolla pink, persistent, faintly membranous, longer than the calyx.
- الثمار والبذور
- Fruit: Legume one-seeded.
الموائل والبيئة
وصف الموئل
Habitat & elevation: Prefers sandy or volcanic soils, typically in coastal and lower montane zones.
مواسم النبات
- الفنلوجية
- Phenology: Flowers March – April; in mountains May – July.
الانتشار الموثق
Lebanese distribution: Recorded by Mouterde from Chemaʿa, Tyr, Saïda, Ras Jedra, Khaldé, Nahr Ghadir, Aouzaʿi, Bir Hassen, Beirut, Antélias, Nahr el-Kelb, Batroun, Tripoli, ʿAsfouriyé, Beit Méri, Besabba, Khan Sannine, and Ksara.
Native range: Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Palestine, Türkiye (POWO).
لمحة نباتية
- بنية النبات
- Life-form & habit: Annual, glabrescent herb with diffuse, branched stems 10–40 cm long.
- دورة الحياة
- حولية
الفصيلة والتصنيف
- الاسم العلمي المقبول
- Trifolium argutum
- الفصيلة
- بقولية