Flora of Israel: Trifolium campestre

Trifolium campestre, Hop Clover, Field Clover,
Hebrew: תלתן חקלאי, Arabic: قرط أصفر


Scientific name:		Trifolium campestre Schreb.
Common name:		Hop Clover, Field Clover
Hebrew name:		תלתן חקלאי
Arabic name:		قرط أصفر
Plant Family:		Papilionaceae, פרפרניים


Life form:		Therophyte, annual
Leaves:		Alternate, compound, trifoliate, dentate or serrate
Flowers:		Yellow
Flowering Period:		February, March, April
Habitat:		Batha, Phrygana
Distribution:		Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands, Semi-steppe shrublands, Shrub-steppes, Montane vegetation of Mt. Hermon
Chorotype:		Mediterranean
Summer shedding:		Ephemeral

Derivation of the botanical name:

Trifolium, Latin tri, tres, three; folium, leaf; three-leaved.

campestre, of or pertaining to a field; on level ground; “of the fields”.
The Hebrew name: תלתן, taltan, clover, trefoil, from tlat (Aramaic) three; the clover is recalled in the Mishnah Kilayim 2:5, “[a field} of clover among which grew up…”

The standard author abbreviation Schreb. is used to indicate Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber (1739 – 1810), a German naturalist.

_{Location: Netanya, the Dora rain pool}