<br><br>Burdock clover (lat.Trifolium lappaceum) – an annual herb, a species of the genus Clover (Trifolium) tribes Clover (Trifolieae) of the subfamily Motylkovs (Faboideae) of the legume family (Fabaceae).<br>Botanical description<br>Stems 10-40 cm high, simple or branched with deviated branches, practically naked or with scattered hairs.<br><br>Petioles of with stiff hairs, shorter than those of lower leaves. Stipules of the lower leaves are linear-lanceolate, pointed at the ends; the stipules of the upper leaves are lanceolate, membranous, with lilac veins, bristly pubescent. The leaves are practically sessile, the shape ranges from wedge-rhombic to rounded, the upper part is serrated, the lower part is hairy.<br><br>The inflorescence is the head. The heads are single, at the ends of the branches are false-end, round or in shape. The flowers are practically sessile. The calyx is tubular, inversely conical in shape, bell-shaped in fruit, glabrous from the outside. Calyx tube with 20 veins. The teeth of the calyx are longer than the tube, widened at the base, with 4-5 veins, stiff, prickly, spaced apart at the edges, the teeth deviate in fruit. Corolla in length no more than the teeth of the calyx, pinkish, welded in half from its length into the tube. The flag is wedge-shaped, the end is truncated, serrated.<br><br>The fruit is a pod, obovate, membranous. The seed is one, ovoid, brown in color. Flowering occurs in May. Bears fruit in June.<br><br>The species is described from southern France. Type in the herbariums of Carl Linnaeus.<br>Ecology and distribution<br>Burdock clover grows in meadows, gravel, in thickets of bushes, in low mountains. It is used by humans as a fodder plant in extreme mountain conditions.<br><br>Distributed in Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Syria, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russia (Dagestan), Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine (Crimea), Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, countries of the former Yugoslavia, France, Spain, Portugal and Cyprus.<br>Classification<br>View Burdock clover belongs to the genus Clover (Trifolium) tribe Clover (Trifolieae) subfamily Moth (Faboideae) family Legumes (Fabaceae).<br>