Description ³

Fabaceae | red clover
Dense, rounded head of magenta pea flowers on an erect, hairy stem bearing leaves divided into 3 oval leaflets.

Habitat: Old fields, lawns, and roadsides.

Flowers: 1/2" long, turning brown and papery with age; standard folded over keel and wings; head about 1" long, 1/2-1" wide.

Leaves: Leaflets each 1/2-2" long, often with lighter, V-shaped pattern near middle.

Fruit: 1-seeded pod.

Thieret, J. W., Niering, W. A., & Olmstead, N. C. (2001). National Audubon Society field guide to North American wildflowers: eastern region (Chanticleer Press ed.). New York: Alfred A. Knopf.

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2. (c) beautifulcataya, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), http://www.flickr.com/photos/70668033@N00/3936455393
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