NC Native Plant Society:
Plant Details

Trifolium reflexum

Scientific Name:	Trifolium reflexum
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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Links:	USDA PLANTS Database Record

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