Common name: Narrow-leaved Clover
Trifolium angustifolium L. APNI* 
Description: Erect or ascending annual, moderately hairy; branches to 60 cm long.
Leaves 3-foliolate; leaflets linear-lanceolate, 30–50 mm long, 2–4 mm wide, 12–15 times as long as broad, entire.
Inflorescences cylindrical or conical, 30–80 mm long, 5–15 mm diam., many-flowered, terminal, peduncle shorter than subtending leaf. Flowers sessile. Calyx tube 10-veined, teeth spiny. Corolla 8–13 mm long, equal to or slightly longer than calyx, pink to purple, not persistent. Pod ovoid, 1-seeded, included in calyx.
Distribution and occurrence: Native of Eur., Medit., W Asia, N Afr.
NSW subdivisions: *NC, *CC, *CT, *ST, *NWS, *CWS, *SWS, *NWP, *SWP
Other Australian states: *Vic. *Tas. *W.A. *S.A.
Text by P. H. Weston
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 2 (1991)
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