Trifolium incarnatum

Crimson Clover at Garran, ACT

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Identification history

Trifolium incarnatum	9 Oct 2016	BettyDonWood
Trifolium incarnatum	9 Oct 2016	ACTBioSecurity
Unidentified	9 Oct 2016	Speedsta

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3 comments

ACTBioSecurity wrote:

9 Oct 2016

Also called crimson clover - not as common as some clovers - most clovers favour cultivated or disturbed sites. Clovers are cosmopolitan exotics.

Speedsta wrote:

10 Oct 2016

Thanks for the info Parkie, what do you mean by "cosmopolitan exotic"?

ACTBioSecurity wrote:

10 Oct 2016

Well it is exotic in Australia, so not a native. But it is though to be native to a large number of other countries (the cosmopolitan bit). There are some native Australian plants that are also cosmopolitan - so they would be an Aussie native that is also cosmopolitan.

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