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Scientific Name:Trifolium resupinatum
Persian Clover plant
Persian Clover plant
Photo: A J Brown

Status:
Native to Europe, the Middle East and northern Africa.

Plant Description:

Annual herb with prostrate or erect habit. Stems to 80 cm long, branching from the lower parts and hairless. Leaves are trifoliate with obovate leaflets, 5-50 mm long and 3-20 mm wide, hairless, sharply toothed. Stipules (leaf-like structures at the base of the leaf and flower-stalks) membranous and distinctly veined.

Flowers pink to purple, many flowered, in near globular heads, 10-15 mm long and 5-15 mm wide. Calyx inflated in fruit with spreading teeth

Habitat:
Sometimes sown as a waterlogging tolerant pasture species. Also of scattered occurrence as a weed of waste places and on the fringes of swamps and lakes, including those with some salinity.
RegionSalinity ClassWaterlogging Class
Central and Northern, Wimmera, Western, GippslandS0, *S1, *S2W0, W1, W2
*may be found on or fringing saline sites during the wetter parts of the year

Comments:
One of a number of small annual clovers found in pastures, waste ground and bordering swamps, lakes and water courses. A simple key to the more common of these species is provided (Key to common annual clovers). Other clovers, but with a perennial habit, include Strawberry Clover (Trifolium fragiferum, White Clover (Trifolium repens) and Red Clover (Trifolium pratense).

Persian Clover photos

Persian Clover flower-head
Persian Clover flower-head
Photo: A J Brown
Maturing flower-head of Persian Clover
Maturing flower-head of Persian Clover
Photo: A J Brown

Mature flower-head of Persian Clover
Mature flower-head of Persian Clover
Photo: A J Brown

Persian Clover flowers at various stages
Persian Clover flowers at various stages
Photo: A J Brown
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