PLANTS Profile for Trifolium reflexum (buffalo clover)

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PLANTS Profile

Trifolium reflexum L.
buffalo clover

Symbol:

TRRE2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Fabaceae

Duration:

Annual
Biennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		W

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Steve Hurst. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. United States, TX, Corrigan. Usage Requirements.

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Trifolium reflexum L.

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Synonyms:
Trifolium reflexum L.

TRREG

Trifolium reflexum L. var. glabrum Loja.

Distribution:
Trifolium reflexum L.


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AL, AR, DC, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MD, MO, MS, NC, NE, NJ, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, WV), CAN (ON)

Related Taxa:
Trifolium reflexum L.

View 236 genera in Fabaceae, 170 species in Trifolium

Classification:
Trifolium reflexum L.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Fabales
Family	Fabaceae – Pea family
Genus	Trifolium L. – clover
Species	Trifolium reflexum L. – buffalo clover

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Trifolium reflexum L.

This plant and synonym italicized and indented below are listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Illinois:
buffalo clover		Endangered
Indiana:
Trifolium reflexum var. glabrum
buffalo clover		Endangered
Kentucky:
buffalo clover		Endangered
Maryland:
buffalo clover		Endangered, Extirpated
Ohio:
buffalo clover		Endangered
Pennsylvania:
buffalo clover		Extirpated
Tennessee:
buffalo clover		Endangered

Introduced Information:
Trifolium reflexum L.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Trifolium reflexum L.

View species account and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 26280.

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Time Generated: 10/07/2008 06:24 PM MDT