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Red Clover

Trifolium pratense

Description:

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 that are abruptly narrowed to a bristle-like point. The flowers are dark pink with a paler base, 12–15 mm long, produced in a dense inflorescence, and are mostly visited by bumblebees

Notes:

In a natural reserve outside a village.

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Alex C.
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Alex C.

Romania

Spotted on Jun 4, 2016
Submitted on Jul 3, 2016

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