Common name: Coopers Clover
Trigonella suavissima Lindl. APNI* 
Description: Decumbent or ascending herb, stems to c. 50 cm long, fragrant.
Leaves 3-foliolate; leaflets obovate to obcordate, 4–20 mm long, 2–15 mm wide, margins toothed, upper surface glabrescent, lower surface usually hairy; petiole 3–5 cm long; stipules hastate, 2–6 mm long, toothed.
Flowers in axillary clusters; peduncle short. Calyx 3–5 mm long, sparsely hairy, conspicuously 5-veined. Corolla 4–6 mm long, pale yellow.
Pod linear, 9–18 mm long, curving upwards, compressed laterally, glabrous to sparsely hairy; seeds 5–7.
Flowering: autumn and winter.
Distribution and occurrence: Grows along dry watercourses, floodplains and depressions, chiefly in western regions.
NSW subdivisions: CWS, NWP, SWP, NFWP, SFWP
Other Australian states: Qld Vic. W.A. S.A. N.T.
Text by E. H. Norris
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 2 (1991)
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