Stone Clover.Trifolium arvense.Rabbit-Foot Clover.Pussy Plant.
Found in August and September; growing in poor, dry soil.
The slender, branching stalk varies from 4 to 10 inches in height, and is smooth, or slightly rough, and light green.
The leaf has 3 long, narrow, and blunt-pointed leaflets,—their midribs conspicuous to the very tips; the margin is entire, the texture fine and downy to the touch, and the color is a rather light green. The leaves, on short stems, are arranged alternately and near together.
The small, greenish-white corolla is shorter than the calyx, which is long, and green, with 5 feathery tips that are rose colored and give to the head its peculiar gray-pink hue. The flower-heads are oblong; 2 or more are found on a branch.
A faint perfume belongs to the newly opened flowers. Doubtless the children’s name, “Pussy Plant,” points to the resemblance the silky, green-rose head bears to the pussy-willow catkins.