Cluster Clover

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Trifolium glomeratum


Prostrate small open introduced herb with leaves made up of three leaflets.


Details
Flora Type
Herbs
Other Common Names
Ball Clover, Bristly Clover, Burdock Clover, Burr-Clover, Bush Clover, Flat-Headed Clover
Distinctive Features

Prostrate with tiny pink-flowered clover flowers clustered in a globular head.

Biology

Annual. Brown sandy or clay loam, laterite gravel and granite soils. Winter-wet flats, disturbed shrublands and road verges.

Native Status
Native
Flowering Time

Aug-Dec

Taxonomy
Phylum
Tracheophyta (Vascular Plants)
Class
Magnoliopsida (Flowering Plants)
Order
Fabales
Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Trifolium
Species
glomeratum

It is native to Eurasia and North Africa. Considered an environmental weed in WA and Vic.


Interesting Facts
Native Status
Native