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Trifolium scabrum L.

rough clover (Fabaceae / Leguminosae)

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Trifolium scabrum resembles Trifolium striatum, but without the inflated calyx in fruit, and with the thickened lateral leaf-veins arching backwards.

Shoreham-by-Sea (VC13: West Sussex); 2016-06-21

 rough clover / Trifolium scabrum: _Trifolium scabrum_ resembles _Trifolium striatum_, but without the inflated calyx in fruit, and with the thickened lateral leaf-veins arching backwards.

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