This was an interesting extra on our way to see the specialty of this site Vicia bithynica (Bithynian Vetch). It is very like Red Clover but while Trifolium pratense (Red Clover) is actually quite pinkish, Zigzag Clover is usually redder. The definitive way of distinguishing the two though, is to look at the stipules (little structures, sometimes quite leaf-like, at the base of a leaf). In Trifolium pratense they have a bristle point which is absent in Trifolium medium.
Upgang Ravine, near Whitby, 11th June 2005
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