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Red Clover

Trifolium pratense

Description:

Red clover is a species of clover, native to Europe, Western Asia and northwest Africa, but planted and naturalised in many other regions. It is an herbaceous, short-lived perennial plant, variable in size, growing to 20–80 cm tall. The leaves are alternate, trifoliate (with three leaflets), each leaflet 15–30 mm long and 8–15 mm broad, green with a characteristic pale crescent in the outer half of the leaf; the petiole is 1–4 cm long, with two basal stipules. The flowers are dark pink with a paler base, 12–15 mm long, produced in a dense inflorescence.

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4 Comments

CourtneyVerk
CourtneyVerk 11 years ago

:) Thank you very much AntónioGinjaGinja!

AntónioGinjaGinja
AntónioGinjaGinja 11 years ago

super hiper mega perfect spotting,no words more :)
congratulationsCourtney

CourtneyVerk
CourtneyVerk 11 years ago

Merci, LarsKorb! Great complement coming from you.

LarsKorb
LarsKorb 11 years ago

Fantastic shot, Courtney - just brilliant.
And yes, it's a Red Clover (Trifolium pratense)

CourtneyVerk
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CourtneyVerk

Burlington, Ontario, Canada

Spotted on May 27, 2012
Submitted on Jun 2, 2012

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