Trifolium physodesSteven ex M.Bieb.

WFO wfo-0000213048 Accepted WFO 2026-06 4 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–d · 2 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 2 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Trifolium physodes, photographed by Ronald Flipphi
fig. a Ronald Flipphi, CC BY-SA 4.0 / 2019-04-18 / obs. 38705047
Trifolium physodes, photographed by Andre Hosper
fig. b Andre Hosper, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 187060040
Trifolium physodes, photographed by Ronald Flipphi
fig. c Ronald Flipphi, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 38705069
Trifolium physodes, photographed by Ronald Flipphi
fig. d Ronald Flipphi, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 38705096

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Native range 22 botanical countries

Regions where Trifolium physodes is native: Algeria, Morocco, Afghanistan, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, North Caucasus, Palestine, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Kriti, NW. Balkan Pen., Portugal, Sicilia, Spain, Türkiye-in-Europe AlgeriaMoroccoAfghanistanCyprusEast Aegean Is.IranIraqLebanon-SyriaNorth CaucasusPalestineTranscaucasusTürkiyeAlbaniaBulgariaGreeceItalyKritiNW. Balkan Pen.PortugalSiciliaSpainTürkiye-in-Europe
Native distribution of Trifolium physodes, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Afghanistan AFG ASIA-TEMPERATE
Cyprus CYP
East Aegean Is. EAI
Iran IRN
Iraq IRQ
Lebanon-Syria LBS
North Caucasus NCS
Palestine PAL
Transcaucasus TCS
Türkiye TUR
Albania ALB EUROPE
Bulgaria BUL
Greece GRC
Italy ITA
Kriti KRI
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Portugal POR
Sicilia SIC
Spain SPA
Türkiye-in-Europe TUE
Algeria ALG AFRICA
Morocco MOR

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 29 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • 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.

and 5 more.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice and no toxicity claim, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.