Common name: Red Clover
Trifolium pratense L. APNI* 
Description: Erect or decumbent perennial, moderately hairy to glabrescent; branches to c. 50 cm long.
Leaves 3-foliolate; leaflets elliptic to obovate or ± circular, 15–50 mm long, 7–15 mm wide, 1–2 times as long as broad, entire.
Inflorescences globose or ovoid, 14–30 mm long, 12–27 mm diam., > 100-flowered, terminal, usually sessile. Flowers sessile. Calyx tube 10-veined, teeth erect in pod. Corolla 15–18 mm long, longer than calyx, pink to purple, persistent. Pod ± ovoid, 2–4 mm long, 1-seeded, included in calyx.
Distribution and occurrence: Widely cultivated, frequently naturalized. Native of Eur., Medit. W Asia.
NSW subdivisions: *NC, *CC, *SC, *NT, *CT, *ST, *NWS, *CWS
Other Australian states: *Vic. *Tas. *W.A. *S.A.
Text by P. H. Weston
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 2 (1991)
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