Plants : FabaceaeFerns and Flowering Plants

Trifolium striatum L.

Knotted Clover

Description: Short turf on slate rocks, and on dry banks, on the Lecale and Ards coasts of Co Down (and formerly also in Co Antrim), typically on very shallow peaty soils over rock on south-facing slopes with Thymus, Scilla verna, Trifolium dubium, T. campestre, Sedum anglicum, S. acre, Plantago coronopus, Cochlearia danica etc.

A small prostrate annual clover with pale pink flowers.

All names: Trifolium striatum L.

Distribution Map from NBN: Trifolium striatum at National Biodiversity Network mapping facility, data for UK.

iNaturalist: Trifolium striatum at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.

 Hackney, P., 2026. Trifolium striatum. L.. [In] Flora of Northern Ireland.
https://habitas.org/flora/species.php?item=3239. Accessed on 2026-11-02.