Irish wildflowers BSBI map

Hare's-foot Clover, Trifolium arvense, Cos mhaideach
Photographs: Sherkin Island, Co. Cork

Hare's-foot Clover
Trifolium arvense
Cos mhaideach
Family: Fabaceae

Flowering time: June-September. Annual. Native.

The stalked flower-heads are egg-shaped with small white or pink flowers almost hidden by the dense silky white hairs. Stalked trifoliate lower leaves, the upper leaves un-stalked and linear-oblong. A hairy, usually erect plant. Height 5-20cm

Occurs on open sandy or rocky ground on dunes, grassland and sea-cliffs. Local and usually coastal in Ireland but decreasing.

Hare's-foot Clover, Trifolium arvense, Cos mhaideach

Hare's-foot Clover, Trifolium arvense, Cos mhaideach
Hare's-foot Clover, Trifolium arvense, Cos mhaideach

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