100 AUSTRALIAN GRASSES AND PASTURE PLANTS 



Broad or Red Clover (Tri folium pratense) is a biennial 

 plant with fibrous roots and branching, hollow stems clothed 

 with fine hairs. Its leaflets are almost egg-shaped, covered 

 with fine hairs, and strongly marked with a whitish band near 

 the centre. The flowers are a dull, rosy purple, and arranged 

 in dense heads on rather long stalks. In the colder districts 

 having a good average rainf all it makes rapid growth and gives 

 an ample and quick yield of excellent herbage, highly valued 

 as feed for stock. 



Cow Grass or Perennial Red Clover (Tri folium pratense 

 perenne) has a long tapering root penetrating deeply into the 

 earth, and erect, branching and generally solid stems tinged 

 with purple. Its leaflets are broadly lance-shaped and 

 distinctly marked with a whitish band near the middle. The 

 flowers, which are deep purple, are disposed in dense heads 

 on rather long stalks. Under favourable conditions in the 

 colder districts, this clover yields an immense quantity of 

 rich, succulent herbage, much liked by all herbivora which 

 thrive on it. If cut when in flower it makes excellent hay. 

 This and the preceding clover are often confused by farmers, 

 for there are several strains of both, differing more or less from 

 the typical forms. 



Clustered Clover (Trifolium glomeratum) is an annual 

 occupying fairly large areas both in the coast districts and 

 many inland parts. In late winter and throughout the 

 spring this exotic clover affords a fair amount of good feed 

 for stock. 



Egyptian Clover (Trifolium alexandrinum) is an annual 

 growing two feet high or more, doing well on comparatively 

 inferior land, and withstanding more heat and dry weather 

 than most other kinds of clover. It is a very productive plant, 

 and its herbage is much valued as feed for stock. It thrives 

 under irrigation. 



