Trifolium stellatum L.
A softly hairy annual with erect or ascending stems 5 to 25 cm long, which are simple or branched from the base. Leaves trifoliate; petioles up to 7 cm long. Leaflets obovate or obcordate, 5 to 15 mm long; finely toothed. Stipules green-veined, large, ovate, toothed. Flowers sessile, 10 to 18 mm long, pink, as long as the calyx; in dense, rounded, many-flowered terminal clusters which are from 2 to 3 cm diameter. Peduncles 1 to 10 cm long. Calyx 10-veined, silky-hairy; teeth more or less equal, 3-veined, longer than the tube, at first erect, then spreading star-shaped and reddish-brown in fruit.
Local: Very common in Gibraltar, and widespread from North Front, throughout the Upper Rock, and southern parts.
Global: Found throughout the Mediterranean region, the Canary Islands and south-west Asia. Introduced in Britain.
Flowers between March, April, May and June.
Grows in clearings and waysides; on stony places.