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Red clover, Trébol rojo

Trifolium pratense L. subsp. pratense

Photo by arlanda
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43.5511, -6.99607

Field Notes

Description:

Perennial herbaceous, short-lived plant, variable in size, growing to 20–110 cm tall. The leaves are alternate, trifoliate (with three leaflets), each leaflet 15–30 mm long, green with a characteristic pale crescent in the outer half of the leaf; the petiole is 1–4 cm long, with two basal stipules. The flowers are dark pink with a paler base, 12–15 mm long, produced in a dense inflorescence. Calyx with five sepals joined and bell shaped. Corole formed by five petals. The fruit is a legume. subsp. pratense
It blooms all the year but specially between March and November.

Habitat:

Spotted at a prairie close to the sea.

Notes:

Camera Model: NIKON D300. Exposure Time: 1/320 sec.; f/9; ISO Speed Rating: 800. Exposure Bias: 0 EV Focal Length: 300.0 mm.

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