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Plant Identification => Plant Identification Questions and Answers => Topic started by: t5247rb on August 06, 2016, 10:00:01 PM

Title: Some kind of Trifolia
Post by: t5247rb on August 06, 2016, 10:00:01 PM: Hello, I'm having a hard time figuring out what kind of Trifolia this might be. I started out thinking this might be mountain clover. But the pinkish color made me rethink this. I stumbled acrossa description of Trifolia alpestre and thought it might be that because the leaves appear to be more elongated. But the photos of Trifolia alpestre all appear to show a flower with a deeper shade of rose/red.

The date was June 14 and the location is in the southern French Alps.

But Anyone willing to add their two cents?
Title: Re: Some kind of Trifolia
Post by: Hoy on August 07, 2016, 08:57:55 AM: Difficult to say without seeing the leaves and hov the head is attached to the plant.
I have seen pink T. repens.
Title: Re: Some kind of Trifolia
Post by: t5247rb on August 07, 2016, 09:39:08 AM: if you look closely, you'll see the leaves on the ground in the photo. It's admittedly not very easy.
Title: Re: Some kind of Trifolia
Post by: Hoy on August 07, 2016, 10:54:45 AM: What I see reminds me most of all of T. fragiferum but I don't see any swollen heads.
Title: Re: Some kind of Trifolia
Post by: t5247rb on August 07, 2016, 02:17:38 PM: I read some information that Trifolium fragiferum grows up to elevations of 1500m. The photo was taken around 1520 - 1600m mark so at the very extreme of its range.
Title: Re: Some kind of Trifolia
Post by: Tristan_He on August 14, 2016, 10:03:56 PM: Hi Rob, difficult to say from this photo. Could you post closeups of the flower and leaf?

Best, Tristan
Title: Re: Some kind of Trifolia
Post by: t5247rb on August 15, 2016, 11:35:27 AM: I see I neglected to upload this close up of the flower. Unfortunately, I did not think to get one of the leaves.