Slender Trefoil - Trifolium micranthum
Alternative names
Least Yellow Trefoil
Description
It has between 2 and 6 small yellow flowers in each head which helps to distinguish it from Lesser trefoil (T. dubium) which has up to 15.
Identification difficulty
Habitat
Road verges, grassy tracks, gravelly and waste places.
When to see it
June to August.
Life History
Annual.
UK Status
Occasional but widespread records from England and Wales, fewer records from Scotland.
VC55 Status
Rare or local and under recorded in Leicestershire and Rutland. In the 1979 Flora survey of Leicestershire it was found in 8 of the 617 tetrads.
David Nicholls
Fleckney
16 July 2016
David Nicholls
Fleckney
16 July 2016
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