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Description
Common name: Austral Trefoil (also Native Clover)
Height: 0.3-0.4m
Width: 0.4-0.5m
Description: Attractive white to light pink or purpler flowers in spring among bright green leaves . Thin brown seed pods form which throw seeds out when they dry.
Growing and distribution: Suited to both plains and foothills including floodplains. Formerly common but susceptible to grazing.
Beneficial Attributes: Aboriginal people ate the seeds and roots. Caterpillar food plant including for Common Grass Blue (Clover Blue). Attracts native bees.
Specific location issues: rain > 400mm