Fabaceae
Trifolium physodes
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Trifolium
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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

FlowerPhoto: Ronald Flipphi, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Andre Hosper, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: M. B., CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Daniel Cahen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: M. B., CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daniel Cahen, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Victoria Lazareva, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Elias, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Joey Bom, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Joey Bom, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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.