Trifolium glomeratum L.

Family: LEGUMINOSAE

Genus: Trifolium

Province distribution: Alacant. Balearic Islands. Barcelona. Castelló. Girona. Lleida. Tarragona. València.

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca. Menorca. Formentera.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Mediterranean

IUCN Category: LCLeast concern

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Terophyte.

Habitats: Cultivated fields, path and road sides, disturbed zones. Therophytic silicolous fields. Therophytic silicicolous soils.

Characteristics: This clover is characterized by its flowers, which are grouped in glomerules at the leaf axils. The peals are rose coloured and the calyx has its teeth turned outward. The calyxes do not have hairs, and is the character that differentiates it from Trifolium tomentosum, which has inflorescences that resemble cotton balls. Lives in wastelands, fields and unsprayed roadsides. Flowers in spring.