PULSE FAMILY. Leguminosas. 



the anthers. The burly bumblebee is therefore the best 

 pollen disseminator of this particular clover. 8-24 inches 

 high. Common in fields and on roadsides, everywhere. 



This is also one of our most common 

 White Clover , 



Tri folium clovers, and a permanent resident of the 



repens grassy roadside. It is generally smooth, 



Cream white with roundish or heart-shaped leaflets 

 May-October mar k e( j i ess distinctly with a triangle, 

 and frequently 4-5 leaflets are found on a single 

 stalk. The globular flower-heads are a translucent 

 cream white, and the florets are sometimes more or less 

 tinted with flesh pink. Eventually the florets are re- 

 flexed. Fertilized by bees, and rich in honey. It is sup- 

 posed to be identical with the Shamrock of Ireland, but 

 it is native in the extreme north. 4-10 inches long. 

 Creeping by i-unners. Common everywhere. 



A species somewhat similar to our white 

 Alsike or Alsa= 



tian Clover clover, but with a branching, stout, and 

 Trifolium rather juicy stem. The leaflets are gen- 



hybridum erally obovate but not reverse heart- 



Creamy rose shaped . j e -f with the lobe( j t ip. the edges 



Ma -October are ^ ne b r toothed, and the surface is not 

 marked with the triangle ; a pair of flar- 

 ing stipules or leafy wings are at the base of the leaf- 

 stalk. Flower-heads similar to those of white clover but 

 varying from pinkish cream to crimson-pink ; the 

 withered florets brownish and turning downward, ex- 

 tremely sweet-scented, and rich in honey. Fertilized 

 mostly by bees. 1-2 feet high". On roadsides, in mead- 

 ows, and in waste places, from Me. to Idaho, and south 

 toGa. 



A small annual species, with a smooth 

 Yellower , ,. , 



Hop Clover stem and light green, narrow and long 

 Trifolium leaflets, scarcely suggesting the clover- 



agrarium leaf. The stem is branched and stands 



Pale golden nearly upright, or reclines ; the leaflets 

 June-Septem- are verv finely but rather imperceptibly 

 b er toothed. The small, dull golden yellow 



florets bloom from the base of the flower- 

 head upward, and the withered florets, turning down- 

 ward and becoming brownish, resemble dried hops. 



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