Nederlands: Sterklaver
Español: Trébol estrellado
Français: Trèfle étoilé
Deutsch: Stern-Klee
Family: Fabaceae - Leguminosae - Legume family - Pea family
Flowering time: March-July
Height: 10-25cm
Altitude: to 1500m
Colour: pink, sometimes reddish or yellowish
Flower: 4-12mm, borne in terminal solitary globose heads
Leaves: leaflets oval, notched, margins and veins bright green
Habitat: roadsides, stony places, waste ground, cultivated fields
Distribution: the Mediterranean region, including the Canary Islands







![Illustration of Trifolium stellatum from English Botany, or Coloured Figures of British Plants, ed. 3 [B] [J.E. Sowerby et al], vol. 3: t. 351 (1864)](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOetijmnySG7kunI1cvSZbzpE_AK9LmuRRa-K4PTenoDi5bpVGNqBwf5FE6OEE8-ERQk-WdHl3RyEG5V3LGcofCXImYNTt_927V0G8Yj7jRSRn-XXr_TS4SYjv5q_NXmSLiMZAVnEEKBQ/s200/Trifolium+stellatum+154203.jpg)
Notes: Trifolium stellatum has become naturalised in south-eastern Great Britain. This plant is easily identified by its starry calyces.
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