Trifolium pignantii, Fauche & Chaub.

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 : 170

78. T. pignantii Fauché & Chaub. in Bory, Expéd. Sci. Morée 3 (2): 219 (1832).

Rhizomatous; stems 15-45 cm, ascending, with patent hairs and axillary, leafy short shoots. Leaflets 10-30 x 10-15 mm, broadly obovate or elliptical, obtuse or emarginate. Upper stipules ovate-lanceolate, herbaceous, the greater part free from the petiole. Heads 20-30 mm, globose; flowers shortly pedicellate. Calyx-tube glabrous; teeth filiform, with long patent hairs, subequal, equalling or longer than the tube, ultimately patent or recurved; corolla 15-18 mm, yellowish-white. Woods and thickets, mainly in the mountains. • Balkan peninsula. Al Bu Gr Ju.