Disk Trefoil
Hymenocarpos circinnatus, Hymenocarpus circinnatus, Disk Trefoil,
Hebrew: כליינית מצויה, Arabic: قرنة
| Scientific name: | Hymenocarpos circinnatus (L.) Savi, Hymenocarpus circinnatus (L.) Savi |
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| Common name: | Disk Trefoil | |
| Hebrew name: | כליינית מצויה | |
| Arabic name: | قرنة | |
| Family: | Fabaceae / Papilionaceae, פרפרניים |
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| Life form: | Therophyte, annual | |
| Stems: | 5-30cm; furry, procumbent-uplinks | |
| Leaves: | Alternate, compound, pinnate or bipinnate, pinnate; smooth margin; stipule | |
| Flowers: | Hermaphrodite; crown 5 – 7 mm, yellow orange; flowers grouped (between 2 and 8) in a head spearing appear at length | |
| Fruits / pods: | a clove in flattened disk, diameter of 10 – 15 mm, with thorns on the margin | |
| Flowering Period: | February, March, April, May | |
| Habitat: | Batha, Phrygana | |
| Distribution: | Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands, Semi-steppe shrublands, Shrub-steppes, Deserts and extreme deserts, Montane vegetation of Mt. Hermon | |
| Chorotype: | Mediterranean | |
| Summer shedding: | Ephemeral |
 Derivation of the botanical name: Hymenocarpus, Hymen, υμην, ενοϛ, skin, membrane; carpus, fruit; with membranous fruits. circinnatus, circino, to make round; coiled inwards from the tip.
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