Clovers - introduced (Trifolium species)

All clovers are introduced. All have trifoliate leaves, and the pod is never coiled or prickly. The yellow-flowered medics are similar to clover. The medics have coiled pods which are often spiky.

Most clovers can displace native vegration, and are occasional weeds of bushland or grassland.

Narrow-leaf Clover (*Trifolium angustifolium) Leaves very narrow. Flowers a cylindrical erect cluster. Common.

Hare's-foot Clover (*Trifolium arvensis) Leaves narrow. Flowers a soft hairy cluster. Common.

Hop Clover (*Trifolium campestris) Yellowish flowers in a cluster, resembling pale hops. Common.

Suckling Clover (*Trifolium dubium) Flowers yellow. Pods not coiled.

Strawberry Clover (*Trifolium fragiferum) Flowers red. Pods becoming bladder-like and woolly.

Knotted Clover (*Trifolium striatum ) Flowers pink, not bladdery. Uncommon.

Red Clover (*Trifolium pratense) Flower cluster red-pink-purple, large.

Clustered Clover (*Trifolium glomeratum) Flowers small, white, in spiky-looking balls.

White Clover (*Trifolium repens.) Flowers white, clustered. Leaves with yellow crescent.

Subterranean Clover (*Trifolium subterannean) Flowers white, small. Common.