Common name: Berseem Clover
Trifolium alexandrinum L. APNI* 
Description: Erect annual to 60 cm high, sparsely hairy to glabrescent.
Leaves 3-foliolate; leaflets narrow-obovate to oblong or elliptic, 15–50 mm long, 6–15 mm wide, 2.5–3.3 times as long as broad, finely toothed.
Inflorescences ovoid or conical, 15–20 mm long and diam., many-flowered, axillary or terminal; peduncle longer than subtending leaf. Flowers sessile, erect after anthesis. Calyx tube 10-veined, throat with a ring of hairs, open; teeth blunt, erect or spreading in pod. Corolla 8–13 mm long, longer than calyx, cream, not persistent. Pod 1-seeded, included in calyx.
Distribution and occurrence: Uncommon. Native of Egypt & Syria.
NSW subdivisions: *NC, *CC, *NWS, *CWS
Other Australian states: *W.A.
Text by P. H. Weston
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 2 (1991)
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