BIOTA
(living things)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

PLANTAE
(plants)

SPERMATOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)

FABACEAE
(vetches, peas and beans - formerly Leguminosae or Papilionaceae)

Trifolium
(clovers)

Trifolium dubium
(Lesser Trefoil)

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BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

Trifolium dubium Sibth. (Lesser Trefoil)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon	Summary	Date	Vice-county	Country
Trifolium dubium	Plant	28 May 2001	Berks	England	7	6
Trifolium dubium	Plant	17 July 1977	N. Hants	England	3

Suggested Literature

Trifolium dubium may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

PLANTAE
(plants)

SPERMATOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Trifolium dubium:

(live)	live is parasitised by cleistothecium	Erysiphe trifolii - a powdery mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae)		Ing, B., 1990 Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
(live)	live is parasitised by conidial anamorph	Erysiphe trifolii - a powdery mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae)		Ing, B., 1990 Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
(live)	live is parasitised by aecium	Uromyces minor - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae)		Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
(live)	live is parasitised by telium	Uromyces minor - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae)		Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
green parts (live)	live green parts may be infected and damaged by	Peronospora trifoliorum - a downy mildew (Peronosporales: Peronosporaceae)		Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [leaves smaller and yellowish, infected shoot fails to flower]
inflorescence	inflorescence may contain larva	Apion nigritarse - a seed weevil (Coleoptera: Apionidae)		Morris, M.G., 1990 Bullock, J.A., 1992
leaf (live)	live leaf is parasitised by amphigenous telium	Uromyces anthyllidis - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae)		Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (live)	live leaf is parasitised by amphigenous uredium	Uromyces anthyllidis - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae)		Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem	stem is galled by larva	Apion pubescens - a seed weevil (Coleoptera: Apionidae)		Morris, M.G., 1990

Trifolium dubium may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)

FABACEAE
(vetches, peas and beans - formerly Leguminosae or Papilionaceae)

Trifolium
(clovers)

References

Bullock, J.A., 1992	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook
Ing, B., 1990	An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews
Morris, M.G., 1990	Orthocerous Weevils