Israel wildflowers: Blushing Clover
Trifolium erubescens, Blushing Clover,
Hebrew: תלתן מאדים, Arabic: نفل متورد
| Scientific name: | Trifolium erubescens Fenzl | |
| Common name: | Blushing Clover | |
| Hebrew name: | תלתן מאדים | |
| Arabic name: | نفل متورد | |
| Family: | Papilionaceae, פרפרניים |
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| Life form: | Annual | |
| Stems: | 10-40 cm tall; stems slender, few or many, terete, erect or ascending, rarely decumbent, branching above | |
| Leaves: | Alternate, 3-foliolate | |
| Inflorescence: | Flowerhead, a spherical collection of individual flowers. | |
| Flowers: | Hermaphrodite only; most of the flowers pink, the upper petals bleach; width 6-10mm, lenght corolla 4-6mm | |
| Fruits / pods: | Few-seeded pods | |
| Flowering Period: | March, April, May | |
| Habitat: | Shadow woodland, forest and waste land | |
| Distribution: | Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands, Mt. Hermon | |
| Chorotype: | Mediterranean | |
| Summer shedding: | Ephemeral |
 Derivation of the botanical name: Trifolium, Latin tri, tres, three; folium, leaf; three-leaved.
erubescens, reddening, becoming red, blushing.
The petals are made film after fertilization, they do not drop out and assist in the distribution of seeds After fertilization the petals become ‘membraneous’, they do not drop out and assist in the distribution of seeds. |