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Subterranean Clover
Small white flowers with petals arranged like others in this family -banner petals were about 10 mm wide with thin purple streaks. The corolla was about 8 mm long and white. Calyces were hairy. Leaves were trifoliate with an apical notch and covered with minute hairs.
Appears to be a common plant but hardly noticed and possibly trodden on frequently. A plant with such beautiful flowers. I have never noticed these before and was amazed to see the delicate streaked petals when studying the photos.
Spotted growing amongst many other ground covers and grass on a clay bank of a creek - Cardinia Reservoir Park
''Trifolium subterraneum'', the subterranean clover, subterranean trefoil, is a species of clover native to northwestern Europe, from Ireland east to Belgium. The plant's name comes from its underground seed development , a characteristic not possessed by other clovers.
