''Trifolium glomeratum'' is a species of

clover Clovers, also called trefoils, are plants of the genus ''Trifolium'' (), consisting of about 300 species of flowering plants in the legume family Fabaceae originating in Europe. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution with the highest diversit ...

known by the common names clustered clover and bush clover. It is native to Eurasia and North Africa and it is known elsewhere as an

introduced species An introduced species, alien species, exotic species, adventive species, immigrant species, foreign species, non-indigenous species, or non-native species is a species living outside its native distributional range, but which has arrived ther ...

. It easily takes hold in disturbed areas, becoming a common weed. It is an annual herb growing decumbent to upright in form with mostly hairless herbage. The leaves are made up of oval leaflets up to 1.2 centimeters in length. The

inflorescence In botany, an inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a plant's Plant stem, stem that is composed of a main branch or a system of branches. An inflorescence is categorized on the basis of the arrangement of flowers on a mai ...

s occur in leaf axils, each a headlike cluster of many flowers. Each flower has a calyx of

sepal A sepal () is a part of the flower of angiosperms (flowering plants). Usually green, sepals typically function as protection for the flower in bud, and often as support for the petals when in bloom., p. 106 Etymology The term ''sepalum'' ...

s with triangular points that bend outward, and a pink corolla.

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Calflora Database: ''Trifolium glomeratum'' (Clustered clover)
— ''introduced/invasive species.''
UC CalPhotos gallery
glomeratum Flora of Western Asia Flora of North Africa Flora of Syria Plants described in 1753 Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus {{Trifolieae-stub