Photographs: Co. Wexford

Slender Trefoil Trifolium micranthum Seamair bheag Family: Fabaceae Flowering: June-August. Annual. Native / introduced. Flowerheads with 2-6 small yellow flowers with a short-notched standard. Fruits are 1-2 seeded. Trifoliate leaves, the central leaflet very short-stalked. Sparsely hairy plant, prostrate to ascending growth to 15cm. Infrequent, scattered distribution with most records from the south-east of Ireland. Tolerant of mowing and trampling and grows in lawns, short, sandy coastal grassland and on paths. Can be confused with small specimens of Lesser Trefoil, T. dubium

Slender Trefoil, Trifolium micranthum, Seamair bheag