Common name:
Subterranean clover
Family:
Scientific name:
Trifolium subterraneum
Main flower color:
Range:
South and central England, and some locations in Wales
Height:
A few cm
Habitat:
Grassland, often coastal; on sandy or gravelly soils
Flowers:
Petals are white, the banner streaked with purple veins. Flowers are relatively long, up to 12 mm, and thin. The calyx is divided half way into five narrow, linear teeth. The calyx may be partly reddish. Flowers are arranged in clusters of two to six, at the upper leaf nodes. Some flowers are sterile, lacking a corolla
Leaves:
Up to 5 cm long, trifoliate, obovate, shallowly notched at the tip, often folded along the midvein. Sparsely hairy on both surfaces
Season:
May to June
Rarity:
★★★★★
