Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (all over the place). Red Clover always has leaflets immediately beneath the flower head. And also always has chevron markings on the leaves (although they are quite faint on this specimen). Other clovers don't have the former but can someitmes have the latter!

Red Clover (Trifolium pratense) (09/05/2020) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (all over the place). Red Clover always has leaflets immediately beneath the flower head. And also always has chevron markings on the leaves (although they are quite faint on this specimen). Other clovers don't have the former but can someitmes have the latter!

West Mill Lane, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex. Red clover comes in a variety of shades of pink - even occasionally white. But it always has the 3 leaflets right below the flower head which other clovers lack.

Red Clover (Trifolium pratense) (03/07/2021) West Mill Lane, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex. Red clover comes in a variety of shades of pink - even occasionally white. But it always has the 3 leaflets right below the flower head which other clovers lack.

West Mill Lane, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex. The leaf stipule you can just make out is quite broad but notably ends in a bristle tip, a main ID point for Red Clover. Zig-Zag clover instead the free part is linear to lanceolate.

Red Clover (Trifolium pratense) (03/07/2021) West Mill Lane, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex. The leaf stipule you can just make out is quite broad but notably ends in a bristle tip, a main ID point for Red Clover. Zig-Zag clover instead the free part is linear to lanceolate.

Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (all over the place). A young flower. Note how the upper leaves are more lanceolate than the rounder lower leaves on this specimen (although leaf shape varies a lot).

Red Clover (Trifolium pratense) (10/05/2020) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (all over the place). A young flower. Note how the upper leaves are more lanceolate than the rounder lower leaves on this specimen (although leaf shape varies a lot).

Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (all over the place). Young flowers and one at the bottom spent and going to seed. It's a massively variable plant, sometimes tall, sometimes low growing and mat forming.

Red Clover (Trifolium pratense) (29/05/2020) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (all over the place). Young flowers and one at the bottom spent and going to seed. It's a massively variable plant, sometimes tall, sometimes low growing and mat forming.

Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (all over the place). The entire calyx of Red is hairy, not just the calyx teeth (unlike Zig-Zag Clover which has a mainly hairless calyx but hairy calyx teeth).

Red Clover (Trifolium pratense) (24/05/2021) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (all over the place). The entire calyx of Red is hairy, not just the calyx teeth (unlike Zig-Zag Clover which has a mainly hairless calyx but hairy calyx teeth).

Red Clover (Trifolium pratense) (24/05/2021) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (all over the place). Close-up. The other leaves are Spotted Medick.

Red Clover (Trifolium pratense) (24/05/2021) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (all over the place). Makro shot of previous flower.

Red Clover (Trifolium pratense) (24/05/2021) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (all over the place). Makro shot of previous flower - an individual flower.

Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (all over the place). This is a developing flower - the long brown/purple bits are calyx teeth and you can just see the flowers emerging around the sides. It's not Zig-Zag clover beecause this has leaflets below the flowerhead which Zig-Zag lack.

Red Clover (Trifolium pratense) (24/05/2021) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (all over the place). This is a developing flower - the long brown/purple bits are calyx teeth and you can just see the flowers emerging around the sides. It's not Zig-Zag clover beecause this has leaflets below the flowerhead which Zig-Zag lack.

Red Clover (Trifolium pratense) (24/05/2021) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (all over the place). Calyx teeth are hairy.

Red Clover (Trifolium pratense) (03/07/2021) West Mill Lane, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex.

Red Clover (Trifolium pratense) (03/07/2022) Falking Hill, Falking, W Sussex. A young flower bud.

Red Clover (Trifolium pratense) (09/05/2020) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (all over the place).

Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank next to drive). I think this is var. sativum as it is quite large and also pale and the flowers are less densely packed than normal red clover.

Agricultural Red Clover (Trifolium pratense var sativum) (11/06/2021) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank next to drive). I think this is var. sativum as it is quite large and also pale and the flowers are less densely packed than normal red clover.

Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank next to drive). One of the flowerheads from the previous image. The stipules are striped green. On normal Red Clover they'd be striped reddish although not always! var a.

Agricultural Red Clover (Trifolium pratense var sativum) (19/06/2021) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank next to drive). One of the flowerheads from the previous image. The stipules are striped green. On normal Red Clover they'd be striped reddish although not always! var a.

Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank next to drive). The chevrons on var sativum leaves tend to be paler than those on wild Red Clover.

Agricultural Red Clover (Trifolium pratense var sativum) (11/06/2021) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank next to drive). The chevrons on var sativum leaves tend to be paler than those on wild Red Clover.

Red Clover (Trifolium pratense) (24/05/2021) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (all over the place). Red Clover leaves are variably hairy.

Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (all over the place). Looking mid-way down the leaves, Zig-Zag differs in that the veins kind of curl downwards at the very edge so they meet the edge at abvout 90 degrees, they don't continue to the edge like this Red Clover.

Red Clover (Trifolium pratense) (19/06/2021) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (all over the place). Looking mid-way down the leaves, Zig-Zag differs in that the veins kind of curl downwards at the very edge so they meet the edge at abvout 90 degrees, they don't continue to the edge like this Red Clover.

Red Clover (Trifolium pratense) (11/07/2021) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (all over the place). Lower down, the leaves tend to be more oval in shape.

Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank next to drive). The spent flowers, seed casings forming beneath.

Red Clover (Trifolium pratense) (17/06/2021) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank next to drive). The spent flowers, seed casings forming beneath.

Red Clover (Trifolium pratense) (11/07/2021) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank next to drive). Seeds now visible.