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Trifolium physodes Steven ex M.Bieb.

Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Trifolium

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Trifolium physodes (Trifolium physodes)
FlowerPhoto: Ronald Flipphi, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (4)
Arabic
نفل هوائي
Bulgarian
Мехуреста детелина
Persian
شبدر متورم
Russian
Клевер вспухлый

Synonyms

  • Amoria physodes (Steven ex M.Bieb.) Roskov
  • Amoria raddeana (Trautv.) Roskov
  • Galearia cupanii (Tineo) C.Presl
  • Galearia physodes (Steven ex M.Bieb.) Soják
  • Galearia raddeana (Trautv.) Bobrov
  • Trifolium alatum Biv.
  • Trifolium amani Post & Beauverd
  • Trifolium amani var. glabrescens J.Thiébaut
  • Trifolium anomalum Bory & Chaub.
  • Trifolium boryanum Steud.
  • Trifolium clausonis Pomel
  • Trifolium cupanii Tineo
  • Trifolium durandoi Pomel
  • Trifolium fragiferum subsp. physodes (Steven ex M.Bieb.) Gibelli & Belli
  • Trifolium fragiferum var. balansae Gibelli & Belli
  • Trifolium fragiferum var. durandoi (Pomel) Gibelli & Belli
  • Trifolium fragiferum var. sericocalyx Gibelli & Belli
  • Trifolium gibbosum Nègre
  • Trifolium ovatifolium Bory & Chaub.
  • Trifolium physodes f. sclerorrhizum (Boiss.) Ponert
  • Trifolium physodes var. durandoi (Pomel) Gibelli & Belli
  • Trifolium physodes var. physodes
  • Trifolium physodes var. psilocalyx Boiss.
  • Trifolium physodes var. sclerorrhizum (Boiss.) Dinsm.
  • Trifolium physodes var. sericocalyx Gibelli & Belli
  • Trifolium raddeanum Trautv.
  • Trifolium sclerorrhizum Boiss.
  • Xerosphaera physodes (Steven ex M.Bieb.) Soják
  • Xerosphaera raddeana (Trautv.) Soják

Flowers

In flower
April to May (from 16 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.