First photo was taken by the creator of Dymabase: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/27724602 Name: White Clover (Trifolium repens)
Other names: Dutch clover, Ladino clover, or Ladino. Order: Fabales Family: Fabaceae Description: It is a herbaceous, perennial plant. It is low growing, with heads of whitish flowers, often with a tinge of pink or cream that may come on with the aging of the plant. The heads are generally 1.5–2 centimetres (0.6–0.8 in) wide, and are at the end of 7-cm (2.8-in) peduncles or inflorescence stalks. The flowers are mostly visited by bumblebees and often by honey bees. The leaves are trifoliolate, smooth, elliptic to egg-shaped and long-petioled and usually with light or dark markings. The stems function as stolons, so white clover often forms mats, with the stems creeping as much as 18 cm (7.1 in) a year, and rooting at the nodes. The leaves form the symbol known as shamrock. Almost always, a white clover will be trifoliolate. However, one can, but only rarely, possess four leaflets. Distribution: It is native in Europe and Central Asia, ubiquitous throughout the British Isles, introduced in North America, and New Zealand and elsewhere, and globally cultivated as a forage crop. Fun fact: It was traditionally used to purify and cleanse the blood. A tea made from the blossoms can be used as an eyewash. Tincture the leaves to use as an ointment for gout.
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