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Trifolium stellatum
This clover has short stems and soft hairy leaves and the small white flowers which bloom in May and June are held together in rounded heads and each is surrounded by a crimson star-shaped calyx. When in fruit the flower heads with their white soft hairs, look even more like clusters of stars against the backdrop of beach pebbles. The whole plant is prostrate and forms large mats on the upper beach.