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Red Clover🌿
Trifolium pratense
ムラサキツメクサ（アカツメクサ）
An introduced perennial from Europe, originally introduced as a forage crop and now naturalized along roadsides and in grasslands. Bears reddish-purple globular flower heads. Larger and more upright than white clover.
Identification Points
- ✓Reddish-purple globular flower heads
- ✓Larger than white clover with erect stems
- ✓Leaves bear pale V-shaped white markings
- ✓Leaves are trifoliate
Habitat
Grasslands, roadsides, pastures
Season
May to August (flowers)
Morphological TraitsAI-estimated, needs verification
Leaf arrangement
Alternate
Leaf type
Compound
Venation
Pinnate
Leaf margin
Entire
Leaf shape
Ovate
Growth form
Herb
Petal count
5 petals
Petal fusion
Free
Flower color
Purple
Habitat
Roadside
Ovary position
Superior
Phylogenetic Positionマメ科 →
Phylogenetic Position
Angiosperms > Eudicots > Core eudicots > Fabales > Fabaceae
Divergence Era
Late Cretaceous to Paleogene (approx. 70–60 million years ago)
Sources & References
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