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Trifolium squamosum
Trifolium squamosum, usually called sea clover in English, is an annual herb in the pea family that is found close to the Atlantic and Mediterranean shores of Europe. It grows on patches of bare ground in saltmarsh, grassland or open woodland from sea level up to about 1,000 metres (3,300 ft) towards the southern edge of its range. It is palatable to livestock but has no economic uses.
The native range of sea clover is along the Atlantic coasts of Europe, from Britain to Spain and in the western Mediterranean, including North Africa, becoming rare beyond Greece and into the Black Sea. It is generally coastal but extends inland in parts of France, Spain and Greece. It is considered an introduction further north, in Belgium, Germany and the former Czechoslovakia, and it has been established in some remote parts of the world, including California and southern Australia.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Trifolium squamosum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
