Trifolium phleoides, Pourret ex Willd.

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

55. T. phleoides Pourret ex Willd. , Sp. Pl. 3: 1377 (1802).

Annual; stems 10-35 cm, erect, sparsely appressed-hairy. Upper leaves subsessile; leaflets 10-25 mm, linear or oblanceolate, denticulate. Stipules oblong, with a subulate apex. Heads up to 25 mm, dense, oblong, ovoid or conical, solitary or paired; peduncles 50-60 mm. Calyx-tube ovoid, with 10 distinct veins and a ring of hairs at the throat; teeth 1 - 5-2 mm, subequal, as long as or a little shorter than the tube, triangular-lanceolate, dilated at the base, ultimately divergent. Corolla 4-5 mm, a little shorter than the calyx. Dry, stony grassland, mainly in the mountains. S. Europe. Al Bu Co Gr It Hs Lu Sa Si [Ga Ge].