Trifolium bocconei, Savi

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 : 167

52. T. bocconei Savi , Atti Accad. Ital. (Firenze) 1: 191 (1808).

Annual; stems (2-)5-25(-30) cm, densely pubescent, erect or ascending, sparingly branched. Leaflets of upper leaves 7-23 mm, narrowly cuneate-oblong, glabrescent, denticulate, veins nearly straight. Stipules lanceolate, abruptly contracted above, the upper ones not dilated. Heads 9-15 mm, dense, cylindrical or conical, the terminal ones often paired but unequal. Calyx-tube cylindrical, pubescent; teeth subulate, erect or connivent, unequal, the lowest one equalling the tube. Corolla 4-5 mm, pinkish, equalling the calyx, persistent in fruit. Dry places. S. & W. Europe, northwards to S. W. England. BI Br Bu Co Cr Ga Gr Hs It Ju Lu Sa Si Tu [Ge Hs].