Showing posts with label Fabaceae. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fabaceae. Show all posts

Trifolium stellatum

English: Starry Clover - Star Clover - Starry-headed trefoil
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






Notes: Trifolium stellatum has become naturalised in south-eastern Great Britain. This plant is easily identified by its starry calyces.

Related key words: finca, Alpujarras, Vereda de la Estrella, Sierra Nevada, Sierra de Huétor, Granada, Andalucía, Andalusia, Andalusië, Alps, butterfly

Trifolium alpinum

English: Alpine Clover
Nederlands:
Español: Regaliza- Regaliz de puerto - Mandil
Français: Trèfle alpin - Trèfle des Alpes - Réglisse des montagnes
Deutsch: Westalpen-Klee

Family: Fabaceae - Leguminosae - Legume family - Pea family
Flowering time: June-August
Height: 4-15cm
Altitude: 1100-2800m
Colour: pink
Habitat: mountain pastures
Distribution: mountains of central Europe
Notes: In Spain in the the Pyrenees and in the Picos de Europa.







Related key words: Cerler-Ampriú, Valle de Estós (Benasque), El Portalet (Sallent de Gállego), Pietramula (Bielsa), Alps, alpine plant