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White Clover, a member of the Pea family, is found in the Algonquin Highlands along roadsides, in open fields and grasslands. Introduced to North America from Europe, this perennial is planted for pasture and forage mixes for animal feed purposes and very popular with bees for their abundant nectar.
Its tiny white clusters of flowers and leaves grow on separate stalks, about 20 cm long, from a creeping stem. Each flower cluster is round and consists of 20-40 individual white flowers. They bloom from May through September. Its leaves have 3 egg-shaped finely toothed leaflets that are fragrant and up to 2.5 cm long. They grow on smooth, branched stems. These low-growing stems creep along the ground, and can be found as long as 3 metres! Their ability to creep is a result of stolons or shoots that grow from the stem, reaching into the ground to root the plant and gain nutrients from the earth.
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