Common name:
Knotted clover
Family:
Scientific name:
Trifolium striatum
Main flower color:
Range:
Mainly in Wales and south/central England
Height:
Up to 20 cm
Habitat:
Dry grassland, on sandy or gravelly soils
Flowers:
Petals are pale pink, often nearly white, and up to 15 mm long. Calyces, green with reddish veins, have a covering of soft hairs, and are divided into narrow, upwards-pointing teeth. Flower clusters are subtended by thin bracts, marked with thick red veins
Leaves:
Trifoliate; ovate to obovate leaflets, equally sparsely hairy on both surfaces, with faint lateral veins
Season:
May to July
Rarity:
★★★★★
