Trifolium cherleri

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Family Fabaceae

Taxonomy: Trifolium cherleri L.

Synonyms: none listed in the APC 2026-07-30

Distribution (APC): WA (naturalised), SA (naturalised)

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, SA eFlora, Florabase, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: SAH_2022 (4), SAH_2023 (10), WAH_2022_2 (4), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 13 traits from 23 records in 6 datasets.

Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 1.75 mm (1.5-2 mm) [sources: SAH_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): legume (1) [sources: SAH_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 15.5 mm (6-25 mm) [sources: SAH_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): toothed_dentate (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: SAH_2023]

life history

plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (3) [sources: SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
life_history (categorical): annual (3) [sources: SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): decumbent (2); prostrate (2); spreading (1) [sources: SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2]

seed morphology

seed_shape (categorical): ovoid (1) [sources: SAH_2023]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 0.12 m (0.05-0.2 m) [sources: WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
SAH_2023	8	10	S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
SAH_2022	4	4	S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
WAH_2022_2	4	4	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
WAH_2023_2	1	2	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.