Photographs: Co. Cork

White Clover Trifolium repens Seamair bhán Family: Fabaceae Flowering time: June-September. Perennial. Native. Long-stalked white flowers (can be pink-tinged) with a slight scent that droop when fading. Trifoliate leaves with oval-heart shaped toothed leaflets, often with a V-shaped marking. Prostrate stems rooting at nodes. Very variable. Very common on grassland, waste ground and roadsides. Similar: Western Clover, T. occidentale. Thicker leaflets without transluscent veins or V-shaped mark. Coastal SE, E Ireland.

White Clover, Trifolium repens, Seamair bhán