Trifolium resupinatum, Reversed Trefoil,
Hebrew: תלתן הפוך, Arabic: النفل المتكئ, Egypt: قرط "Qort"

Scientific name:		Trifolium resupinatum L.
Common name:		Reversed Trefoil
Hebrew name:		תלתן הפוך
Arabic name:		النفل المتكئ
Egypt:		قرط "Qort"
Plant Family:		Papilionaceae, פרפרניים

Life form:		Annual
Leaves:		Alternate, compound, trifoliate, dentate or serrate
Flowers:		Pink, violet
Flowering Period:		March, April, May
Habitat:		Batha, Phrygana
Distribution:		The Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands, Semi-steppe shrublands, Shrub-steppes, Montane vegetation of Mt. Hermon
Chorotype:		Med - Irano-Turanian
Summer shedding:		Ephemeral

Derivation of the botanical name: Trifolium, Latin tri, tres, three; folium, leaf; three-leaved. resupinatum, bent back, upside down. 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..." The standard author abbreviation L. is used to indicate Carl Linnaeus (1707 – 1778), a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, the father of modern taxonomy.