Hebrew: תלתן כוכבני, Arabic: النفل النجمي
| Scientific name: | Trifolium stellatum L. | |
| Common name: | Star Clover | |
| Hebrew name: | תלתן כוכבני | |
| Arabic name: | النفل النجمي | |
| Plant Family: | Papilionaceae, פרפרניים |
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| Life form: | Annual | |
| Stems: | Erect or ascending; less than 100 cm tall; Stems solid; sparsely to densely hairy; stems hairs pilose or spreading | |
| Leaves: | Alternate, compound, trifoliate, dentate or serrate | |
| Flowers: | Inflorescences globose heads, capitate or subcapitate; petals pink, white | |
| Fruits / pods: | Legume, 1-seeded, Seeds cordiform, mit-shaped, notched at one end, Seed surface smooth, Seeds olive, brown, or black | |
| Flowering Period: | February, March, April | |
| Habitat: | Batha, Phrygana | |
| Distribution: | Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands, Semi-steppe shrublands, Montane vegetation of Mt. Hermon | |
| Chorotype: | Mediterranean | |
| Summer shedding: | Ephemeral |
Derivation of the botanical name: Trifolium, Latin tri, tres, three; folium, leaf; three-leaved. stellatum, with stars, starry. The Hebrew name: תלתן, taltan, clover, trefoil, from tlat (Aramaic) three; the clover is recalled in the Mishnah Kilayim 2:5, "[a field} of clover among which grew up..."
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