Habitat: Found in disturbed areas such as roadsides, fields, lawns, and empty lots.
Flowering period: June to September.
Lucas Land
Hop or Golden
Clover
Trifolium aureum
From Nearctica
Alien: Native of Europe.
Identification: Plant erect. Flowers yellow, pealike, arranged in a round cluster. Flower 0.5 to 0.75 inches in diameter. As the flower heads age, the florets fold down and become brown suggesting a dried hop. Stem smooth. Leaf with 3 leaflets, the top leaflet sessile at the junction without a small petiole and not notched at the tip. Plant 6 to 16 inches.
Distribution: Throughout most of eastern North America and the Pacific Coast region, but absent from the central and southwestern states, the southeastern United States, and most of the Rocky Mountain region.