Common name:
Zigzag clover
Family:
Scientific name:
Trifolium medium
Main flower color:
Range:
Most areas of the British Isles; least common in southwest Ireland and the Scottish Highlands
Height:
Up to 50 cm
Habitat:
Grassland, woodland margins
Flowers:
The inflorescence is a dense, spherical, terminal cluster, up to 4 cm in diameter, typically containing several dozen flowers. The corolla is pink to reddish, darker towards the tip, while the calyx has a green or red tube, generally hairless, and five long, thin, darker green teeth sparsely covered by long, spreading white hairs
Leaves:
Trifoliate; three dark green leaflets, generally lacking any lighter patches, up to 4 cm long, on stems which are angled between adjacent nodes rather than straight
Season:
May to July
Rarity:
★★★★★
