TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE PERENNE. 



PERENNIAL RED CLOVER. 



Perennial. Eoot long and tapering. Kootstock 

 branching freely. Stems solid, erect or ascending, 

 glabrous or sub-glabrous, tinged with purple. Stipules 

 membranous, veined, gibbous at the base, free portion 

 longer than in T. pratense, and more or less purple. 

 Leaflets elliptical or oblong-lanceolate, broadly marked. 

 Heads terminal and axillary, sessile or slightly stalked, 

 ovoid. Flowers deep purple. Calyx-tube sub-glabrous, 

 teeth setaceous, unequal, pods one-seeded. Flowers 

 July. 



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