Trifolium rubens, L.

80. T. rubens L. View in CoL , Sp. Pl. 768 (1753).

Rhizomatous, usually glabrous. Stems (20-)30-60 cm, erect, usually simple and glabrous. Leaflets up to 70 x 10 mm, oblong-lanceolate, rarely elliptical, spinulose-denticulate; veins very numerous, curved. Stipules ovate or lanceolate, adnate by more than | their length to the petioles, usually glabrous, the upper ones often forming an obconical sheath, the free part herbaceous, often serrate. Heads up to 80 x 25 mm, cylindrical, solitary or paired; peduncles up to 4 cm. Calyx-tube 20-veined, glabrous, rarely hairy; teeth straight, subulate, hairy. Corolla c. 15 mm, purple, rarely white. Legume ovoid, dehiscing longitudinally. Dry open woodland and scrub. 0 C. Europe, extending locally to N. Spain, C. Italy, Crna Gora and Ukraine region. Al Au Cz Ga Ge He Hs Hu It Ju Po Rm Rs (W, C).