Trifolium cherleri L.
A branched, rather stiff, tomentose annual, with ascending or decumbent stems between 5 and 30 cm long. Leaves trifoliate; petioles up to 7 cm long. Leaflets obovate to obcordate, 5 to 15 mm long; finely toothed. Stipules short pointed. Inflorescence hemispherical, many-flowered, 15 to 20 mm in diameter; sessile and subtended at the base by the stipules of the upper leaves. Flowers white or pink, 6mm to 1cm long, sessile, as long as or shorter than the calyx. Calyx 20-veined, densely tomentose; teeth more or less equal, longer than the tube, with fine hairs; erect in fruit.
Local: Rare in Gibraltar. Introduced with imported soil in cultivated plots, and on Windmill Hill Flats.
Global: Found throughout the Mediterranean region and in the Canary Islands.
Flowers from March, April, May, june to July.
Grows on garigue and on grassy and stony fields.