Alpine clover (Trifolium alpinum)
Description:
Alpine clover (Trifolium alpinum) is up to 20 cm tall, glabrous plant with only basal, very long (up to 10 cm) narrow trifoliate leaves. Flowers are in long-pedunculate head-like inflorescences, each flower on a short pedicel. Grows densely tufted on high-alpine acidic grasslands, 1500-3100 m. Does not grow in the Limestone Alps, thus also absent in Slovenia.
Photographs taken in NW Italy and Switzerland.
Description contributed by user malenka.
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| velkavrh7. 09. 2017 16:31:13 |
I think this is not alpine clover. Alpine clover has the largest among all clovers up to 2.5cm long flower heads - the color is intensely red. The flowers strongly stand out from ordinary clovers. I have seen it already, but not in our area - I don't have a photo. There is most of it in the Central Alps - elsewhere it is rare.
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| otiv7. 09. 2017 21:06:34 |
I think Brane is right. The leaves are also important, which differ from the true alpine clover. Which one is now on the upper picture??
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| zlatica8. 09. 2017 09:01:19 |
Yes, what Brane says holds, leaves are often decisive and also in this case; I wanted to stimulate the debate a bit with the posed dilemma 
Which clover is on the picture, our Apolonija will surely know how to tell us. Maybe it's black or honey or something third 
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| Apolonija8. 09. 2017 22:17:53 |
Good evening! You have well determined that on the picture there is no alpine (prealpine) clover, because it lacks characteristic flower heads and leaves. This on the picture is pinkish-reddish in color with leaves more egg-shaped and nice whitish spots on them.
It's not honey, but plain black clover.
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| zlatica9. 09. 2017 07:15:19 |
Bravo, Apolonija, I knew you would "save" us. I suggest to the administrator to correct the mistake.
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| Tadej9. 09. 2017 13:37:02 |
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