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Knotted Clover, Trifolium striatum Family: Fabaceae
Knotted Clover
Trifolium striatum


Flowering time: May-July. Annual. Native

Found on open, well-drained infertile soils on grasslands, banks and verges. Grows on acidic, neutral and calcareous ground

Oval, unstalked flowerheads bearing pinkish flowers with a downy, inflated, red-ribbed calyx, the teeth erect when fruiting. Lateral veins on the leaflets are not curved. The whole plant is softly downy-hairy with spreading stems.

Similar: Rough Clover, Trifolium scabrum


Knotted Clover, Trifolium striatum       Knotted Clover, Trifolium striatum
Knotted Clover, Trifolium striatum
Badbury Rings, Dorset. August 2012

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