Photos: Beara peninsula, Co.Cork

Birds-foot Clover Trifolium ornithopodioides Seamair éin Family: Flowering June - July. Winter annual. Native. Small white or pale pink flowers, solitary or 2-4. Seedpod much longer than calyx. Hairless, slightly fleshy, heart-shaped leaflets with transluscent veins. Very small-toothed. Prostrate growth with spreading reddish-green stems. Coastal. Found on semi-open grassy, gravelly or sandy ground. Prefers ground that is wet in winter, very dry in summer. Rare, occasional near E, S Irish coasts. Inconspicuous plant, probably under-recorded. Identification very uncertain

    
Birds-foot Clover. Garinish, near Adrigole, County Cork. July 2008