Seasonal Wild Flowers

Hare's-foot Clover

Trifolium arvense

Fabaceae

Hare's-foot

June to September

It is found throughout the country but is absent from parts

of the North and the Southwest.

See the BSBI distribution map for Hare's-foot Clover

It grows on heaths, sea-cliffs, dunes and sandy areas near

the coast.

Inland, it is found on waste ground, disturbed grassland

and sandy soils.

Hare's-foot Clover is a native, leguminous, nitrogen-fixing,

patch-forming, annual herb growing up to 40cm.

The flowerheads are 2 to 3cm, softly hairy with small,

individual white or pink flowers (up to 5mm).

Leaves are small with trefoil-like leaflets.

Hare's-foot Clover en masse

Flowerheads with white and pink flowers

Flowerheads and trefoil leaves

Leaves, flowerheads and stems