Trifolium pallescens, Schreber

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1981, Flora Europaea. Volume 2. Rosaceae to Umbelliferae, Cambridge University Press : 162

12. T. pallescens Schreber in Sturm, Deutschl. Fl. Abt. 1, Band 4, Heft 15 (1804)

(inch T. glareosum (Ser.) Schleicher ex Boiss. , non Dumort., T. arvernense Lamotte ).

Glabrous, caespitose perennial; tap-root often massive; stems 5-10(-20) cm, numerous, procumbent or ascending, with 1-3 non-rooting nodes. Leaflets 6-20 mm, elliptical or obovate, bright-green. Stipules ovate-lanceolate, membranous, with acute apex. Heads 15-25 mm wide, pseudoterminal, at first globose; peduncles 20-90 mm, stout; pedicels 1-5-4 mm, longer than the bracts and the calyx-tube. Flowers sweetly scented, deflexed after anthesis. Corolla 6-10 mm, yellowish-white to pink, becoming dark brown; standard broadly ovate or elliptical, 2-3 times as long as the calyx. 2n= 16. Damp screes and pastures above 1800 m; calcifuge. • Mountains o f C. & S. Europe. Al Au Bu Ga G r He Hs It Ju Rm.