NC Native Plant Society:
Plant Details
Trifolium reflexum
Buffalo Clover
Scientific Name: |
Trifolium reflexum |
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Genus: |
Trifolium |
Species Epithet: |
reflexum |
Common Name: |
Buffalo Clover |
Plant Type |
Herb/Wildflower |
Life Cycle |
Perennial |
Plant Family |
Fabaceae (Legume Family) |
Native/Alien: |
NC Native |
Invasive Status: |
(*Key) |
Size: |
0-1 ft. |
Bloom Color(s): |
White, Red, Pink |
Light: |
Part Shade - 2 to 6 hours of sun per day |
Soil Moisture: |
Dry, Moist |
Bloom Time: |
April, May |
Growing Area: |
Mountains, Piedmont, Sandhills, Coastal Plain |
Habitat Description: |
Open woodlands, woodland edges, dry shaly places. This species seldom occurs in sizable stands. Strongly declining in recent decades. Formerly, about 50 years ago, it was generally uncommon in the NC Piedmont, but now it is rare (to locally uncommon) across the province, most frequent in the eastern third of the province, and very rare in the western Piedmont and mountains. Casual in the Coastal Plain, and probably now extirpated there. |
Leaf Arrangement: |
Alternate |
Leaf Retention: |
Deciduous |
Leaf Type: |
Leaves veined, not needle-like or scale-like |
Leaf Form: |
Compound |
Life Cycle: |
Perennial |
Wildlife Value: |
Important for Wildlife |
Landscape Value: |
Suitable for home landscapes |
State Rank: |
S1: Critically imperiled, S2: Imperiled (*Key) |
Global Rank: |
G3 - Vulnerable, G4 - Apparently Secure (*Key) |
State Status: |
T: Threatened (*Key) |
Notes: |
This species appears to have declined very significantly in recent decades. |
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