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Showy Indian clover (Trifolium amoenum) is an annual plant in the pea family (Fabaceae). It is erect with hairy stems and leaves. It grows from 10-69 cm tall. (4 to 27 inches)Flowers, which are purple with white tips, grow in dense round or ovoid heads that are approximately 2.5 centimeters in diameter. (1 inch) They bloom from April to June. The flowers are not subtended by the circular toothed bract present in many other clovers.
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