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| name = ''Trifolium arvense''<br />
| image = Trifolium arvense 2005.07.11 09.23.43.jpg<br />
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| regnum = [[Plant]]ae<br />
| divisio = [[Magnoliophyta]]<br />
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]<br />
| ordo = [[Fabales]]<br />
| familia = [[Fabaceae]]<br />
| subfamilia = [[Faboideae]]<br />
| genus = ''[[Trifolium]]''<br />
| species = '''''T. arvense'''''<br />
| binomial = ''Trifolium arvense''<br />
| binomial_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]<br />
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'''''Trifolium arvense''''' is a species of [[clover]]. It may also be known as '''Haresfoot clover''', '''Rabbitfoot clover''', '''Stone clover''', ''Hare's-foot clover'' is a common name for the plant or '''Oldfield clover'''. This species of clover is native to most of [[Europe]], excluding the arctic zone, and western [[Asia]], in plain or mid-mountain habitats up to 1600 m altitude. It grows in dry sandy [[soil]]s, both [[acid]]ic and [[alkaline]], typically found at the edge of fields, in wastelands, at the side of roads, on sand dunes, and opportunistically in vineyards and orchards when they are not irrigated.<br />
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It is a small erect [[herbaceous]] [[annual plant|annual]], or sometimes [[biennial plant|biennial]] plant, growing to 10-40 cm tall. Like all clovers, it has [[leaf|leaves]] divided into three sessile [[leaflet]]s, which are slender, 1-2 cm long and 3-5 mm broad, and sometimes edged with small hairs and finely serrated. The leaves have a pair of [[stipule]]s at the base, often tipped in red. The [[flower]]s are grouped in a dense [[inflorescence]] 2-3 cm long and 1-1.5 cm broad; each flower is 4-5 mm long, rosy white in colour, and especially characterised by the many silky white hairs which tip the five calyces, which are much larger than the corollas. These hairs, along with the more or less oblong form of the inflorescence, are the inspiration for the common name. [[Pollination]] is carried out by bees, or via autogamy, since the plant is [[hermaphrodite|hermaphroditic]], and the flowering season is from mid-spring to late summer. The [[fruit]] is a small pod containing a single [[seed]].<br />
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===Cultivation and uses===<br />
Like most [[legume]]s, it [[nitrogen fixation|fixes nitrogen]], making it valued on low fertility soils for the benefit it gives to other crop species in supplying [[nitrogen]]. It is also grazed by [[sheep]] and [[goat]]s.<br />
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It has been introduced to [[North America]], where it is an [[invasive species]] in some areas.<br />
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==References==<br />
{{wikiversity-bc|Trifolium arvense}}<br />
* [http://www.florealpes.com/fiche_treflechamps.php Flore des Hautes-Alpes] {{fr icon}}<br />
* [http://www.dijon.inra.fr/malherbo/hyppa/hyppa-f/trfar_fh.htm HYPPA] {{fr icon}}<br />
* quattrofolium [[http://www.quattrofolium.com/eng/arvense.html]]<br />
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