Trifolium modestum

الوصف النباتي

الأوراق

Leaves: Trifoliolate; leaflets obovate to elliptic, 4–10 × 2–5 mm, entire or faintly denticulate at the apex, glabrous above, slightly hairy beneath. Stipules ovate-lanceolate, acute, green with narrow membranous margins.

الأزهار

Inflorescence & flowers: Flower heads globose to ovoid, 1–1.5 cm in diameter, terminal, sessile or shortly pedunculate. Flowers numerous, white to pale pink, becoming brownish in fruit. Calyx tubular, 4–5 mm long, teeth linear, slightly unequal, as long as or longer than the tube. Corolla papilionaceous, 6–7 mm, standard slightly longer than wings and keel.

الثمار والبذور

Fruit: Pod small, enclosed within the persistent calyx, 1-seeded; seed reniform, smooth, yellowish-brown.

مواسم النبات

الفنلوجية

Phenology: Flowers from May to July; fruits mature from June to August.

الانتشار الموثق

Endemic to Lebanon

Lebanese distribution: Endemic to Lebanon, recorded by Boissier and later by Mouterde from the high mountains of Mount Lebanon — particularly Sannine, Makmel, and Barouk. Occurs within the upper montane and subalpine zones, often among Acantholimon , Onobrychis cornuta , and Astragalus species.

Native to: Endemic to Lebanon.

الارتفاع الموثق

الارتفاع

400 m

لمحة نباتية

بنية النبات

Life-form & habit: Perennial or short-lived perennial herb, 5–15 cm tall, forming small, compact tufts or mats. Stems slender, ascending to prostrate, often reddish, sparsely pubescent.

دورة الحياة

معمرة

الفصيلة والتصنيف

الاسم العلمي المقبول

Trifolium modestum

الفصيلة

بقولية

نباتات من الفصيلة نفسها

قتاد خطافي

Astragalus hamosus

قتاد فوقي اللسان

Biserrula epiglottis (L.) Coulot

Lathyrus laxiflorus subsp. laxiflorus

Lotus dorycnium subsp. anatolicus