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Strawberry Clover, Trifolium fragiferum, Seamair mhogallach
Photographs: Tramore, Co.Waterford

Strawberry Clover
Trifolium fragiferum
Seamair mhogallach
Family: Fabaceae

Flowering July-September. Perennial. Native.

Long-stalked heads of pinkish-white flowers are followed by very distinctive seedheads with a strongly inflated, hairy calyx. The trifoliate leaves have thickened, recurved lateral veins. Stems are prostrate and rooting at the nodes

Occasional and usually coastal, often in damp grassland at the edge of salt-marshes. Main distribution is SE Ireland but also North Kerry and counties Limerick and Dublin.

Similar to White Clover, T. repens when not in flower or fruit.

Strawberry Clover, Trifolium fragiferum, Seamair mhogallach

Strawberry Clover, Trifolium fragiferum, Seamair mhogallach
Strawberry Clover, Trifolium fragiferum, Seamair mhogallach

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