Photographs: Inchigeelagh, Co. Cork

Alsike Clover Trifolium hybridum Seamair lochlannach Family: Fabaceae Flowering time: June-September. Perennial. Introduced. The globose, long-stalked flowers are pink-purple or whitish, becoming brown with age. Tri-foliate leaves with oval-heart shaped and usually un-marked leaflets and green, narrow-tipped stipules. A hairless, erect plant, not rooting at the nodes like White Clover. Height to 60cm An introduced cultivar often grown as a fodder crop that can be found on waste ground and roadsides. Similar: Red Clover, Trifolium pratense

Alsike Clover, Trifolium hybridum, Seamair lochlannach