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07-07-2007, 01:50 PM
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| |  Clover IDs Please
The weather this weekend here in the Outer Hebrides is 'orrible so other than housework I am going to sort out all my flower pictures, try and ID them where I haven't and group them into albums. I am hoping all you out there will be able to help me, please.........
The first section I am looking at is Clovers and do they confuse me! I have attached a few pictures of the clovers and I have an idea what they might be but after looking at 3 separate books I have got confused. The BSBI records these types of clovers in the Outer Hebrides/Western Isles; Strawberry, Red, White, Zigzag and Alsike.
1a and 1b same clover  
2a and 2b same clover - by the sea shore South Uist (salt damage on leaves?)  
3 In Lews Castle Grounds 
4 On waste Ground Lews Castle 
Your help would be most appreciated.
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08-07-2007, 08:23 AM
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| | | Re: Clover IDs Please
1. White Clover ( Trifolium repens)
2. probably Zigzag Clover ( Trifolium medium) - though some forms of Red Clover can be similar. There should be a stalk seperating the flowerhead from the closest leaves (can't see the right angle in the picture  )
3. White Clover ( Trifolium repens)
4. Red Clover ( Trifolium pratense) |
15-07-2007, 02:41 PM
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| | | Re: Clover IDs Please
Quote:
Originally Posted by Tiggrx  1. White Clover ( Trifolium repens)
2. probably Zigzag Clover ( Trifolium medium) - though some forms of Red Clover can be similar. There should be a stalk seperating the flowerhead from the closest leaves (can't see the right angle in the picture )
3. White Clover ( Trifolium repens)
4. Red Clover ( Trifolium pratense) | Having the advantage of having been to South Uist last year and having seen/photographed coastal clovers there, I can confirm that number two is actually the local race of native Red Clover, Trifolium pratense. It does indeed look rather like Zigzag Clover in general apperance, with the rather vivid flower colouring and rather flattish head, but the leaves are rather densely hairy and the flowerheads are sessile.
Number 4 looks different as it is an introduced, agricultural race of Red Clover, var. sativum.
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