Crimson Clover
Crimson Clover - Trifolium incarnatum subsp. incarnatum
Description
Short to medium, erect, hairy plant. Flowers are blood red, 10 to 12 mm in dense, solitary, oblong or oval heads.
Identification difficulty
ID checklist (your specimen should have all of these features)
crimson flowers
Recording advice
A photo showing the flower is required.
Habitat
Open and disturbed ground and waste places.
When to see it
In flower during June, July, August and September.
Life History
Annual.
UK Status
Occasional as a casual plant often seen as an escape from cultivation.
VC55 Status
Rare casual in Leicestershire and Rutland. In the 1979 Flora survey of Leicestershire it was not recorded.
In the current checklist (Jeeves 2011), it is listed as Alien (casual), rare, with no recent records listed.
Rob Sayer
Ulverscroft CP, Black Hill Farm, LE12 8XA
29 May 2023
David Nicholls
Lodge Farm, Hoby
29 May 2024
Geoffrey Hall
Great Glen
14 May 2019
HAPeacock
Groby Road Allotments
03 June 2016
PhilipCrowfoot
Woodgate
20 September 2014
Seed head
David Nicholls
North Kilworth, Lutterworth Rd
17 June 2023
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