Common name: Crimson Clover
Trifolium incarnatum L. APNI* 
Description: Erect to ascending annual, moderately hairy; branches to 50 cm high.
Leaves 3-foliolate; leaflets obovate, 10–20 mm long, 10–15 mm wide, 1–2 times as long as broad, finely toothed.
Inflorescences ovoid to cylindrical, 20–60 mm long, 10–15 mm diam., 75–125-flowered, terminal; peduncle longer than subtending leaf. Flowers sessile. Calyx tube 10-veined; throat narrowed by an annular thickening in pod; teeth spreading in pod. Corolla longer than calyx, red to purple, not persistent. Pod ovoid, c. 3 mm long, 1-seeded, exserted from calyx.
Distribution and occurrence: Uncommon. Native of Eur.
NSW subdivisions: *NC, *CC, *NT, *CT, *ST, *CWS
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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