Small Hopclover, Little Hopclover, Suckling Clover

Trifolium dubium Sibth.

Fabaceae (Legume Family)

▲ flowering plants

▲▼ flower and leaf detail

 

▲ stem of small hopclover on left, large hopclover on right

▲ small hopclover plants on left, large hopclover on right

      Small hopclover: 

o    has smaller seedheads, with fewer flowers per cluster (5-18)  than large hopclover

o   the petioles are shorter than the leaflets of Large Hopclover