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Taxon:  Trifolium stoloniferum Muhl. ex Eaton



Summary
Genus:
Trifolium
Subgenus:
Trifolium
Section:
Involucrarium
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Trifolieae
Nomen number:
313136
Place of publication:
Man. bot. ed. 2, 468. 1818 (H. Muhlenberg, Cat. pl. Amer. sept. 67. 1813, nom. nud.)
Comment:
Eaton cited Muhlenberg in later editions
Verified:
03/26/2007 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
1 (1  active, 0  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images


Conservation Status
  • United States Fish and Wildlife Service. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. Species Information: threatened and endangered animals and plants (on-line resource).
Reference(s)
  1. Brooks, R. E. 1983. Trifolium stoloniferum, running buffalo clover: description, distribution, and current status. Rhodora 85:343-354.
  2. Brooks, R. E. 1983. Neotypification of Trifolium stoloniferum Muhl. ex A. Eat. (Fabaceae). Taxon 32:454-455.
  3. Center for Plant Conservation. Center for Plant Conservation National Collection of Endangered Plants (on-line resource).
  4. Deam, C. C. Flora of Indiana. 1940
  5. Gillett, J. M. & N. L. Taylor (M. Collins ed.). The world of clovers. 2001 394.
  6. Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. 1963
  7. Kartesz, J. T. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 1994
  8. McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). Flora of the Great Plains. 1986
  9. Morris, D. R. et al. 2002. Biological nitrogen fixation and habitat of running buffalo clover. J. Pl. Nutr. 25(4):735-746.
  10. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  11. Smith, E. B. An atlas and annotated list of the vascular plants of Arkansas. 1978
  12. Strausbaugh, T. D. & E. L. Core. Flora of West Virginia, ed. 2. 1978
  13. United States Fish and Wildlife Service. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. Species Information: threatened and endangered animals and plants (on-line resource).
  14. Zohary, M. & D. Heller. 1984. The genus Trifolium. 1984 177.
Common names
English
running buffalo clover –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesIllinois 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesKansas 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesMissouri 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesNew Jersey 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesOhio 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesWest Virginia 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesKentucky 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesVirginia 
Native
Northern America
  • NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Illinois, Kansas, Missouri]
  • NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [New Jersey, Ohio, West Virginia]
  • SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Kentucky, Virginia]
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Center for Plant Conservation listed  Center for Plant Conservation. Center for Plant Conservation National Collection of Endangered Plants (on-line resource).
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=313136. Accessed 21 July 2025.


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