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Trifolium arvense - Hare's-foot Clover

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Trifolium arvense Trifolium arvense - Hare's-foot Clover dylan North Somerset 30 Jul 2023, 9:28 p.m. 28 Jul 2023, 4:08 p.m.
Trifolium arvense Trifolium arvense - Hare's-foot Clover dylan North Somerset 30 Jul 2023, 9:10 p.m. 28 Jul 2023, 4:29 p.m.
Trifolium arvense Trifolium arvense - Hare's-foot Clover dylan North Somerset 30 Jul 2023, 9:08 p.m. 28 Jul 2023, 4:33 p.m.
Trifolium arvense Trifolium arvense - Hare's-foot Clover dylan North Somerset 30 Jul 2023, 9:10 p.m. 28 Jul 2023, 4:29 p.m.
Trifolium arvense Trifolium arvense - Hare's-foot Clover dylan North Somerset 30 Jul 2023, 9:10 p.m. 28 Jul 2023, 4:29 p.m.
Trifolium arvense Trifolium arvense - Hare's-foot Clover dylan North Somerset 30 Jul 2023, 9:10 p.m. 28 Jul 2023, 4:30 p.m.

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Species Description

Stace 4:

Trifolium arvense L. - Hare's-foot Clover.

Erect or ascending hairy annual to 20(40)cm; leaflets linear-oblong; racemes ovoid to oblong at first (sometimes more or less spherical), soon elongating to cylindrical, mostly terminal, stalked; flowers 3-6mm, white to pink; 2n=14. Native; barish ground on sandy soils; locally frequent in British Isles North to Central Scotland, absent from West and North Scotland and most of West & Central Ireland.

Key:

  • Racemes more or less cylindrical in fruit, >2x as long as wide
  • Flowers 3-6mm; calyx-lobes subequal