Conservation status: N, >3
First record: Ray,1660
Trifolium pratense hirsutum majus flore albo–sulphureo Yellowish Meadow–Trefoil. Ray,1670:304.
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One large flowering clump, near pond in reseeded area & under newly planted trees, Woodbury Low Farm, 194.533, G Crompton, 30.6.1987, [introduction ?]
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Roadside, East Hatley, AS Watt, 1940.
Common on roadside between Hatley St. George & Gamlingay 262.527, PD Sell, 65/392, 15.7.1965, CGE.
6 clumps in seed left hand verge coming from Gamlingay, & 1 clump on right, 262.527, M Stokes, 1991.
On road between Hatley St George & Gamlingay, 261.528, PD Sell, PF Yeo, 1965, 1967.
Roadside nr Hatley, 29–51–, [no road in this 1 KM square], Mr & Mrs A Palmer, 6.1966.
Gamlingay, Bab.1860,56.
Gamlingay WNE in CCHSB notes, 1905–6 .
Old railway cutting, Gamlingay, on N side, 237.517, GMS Easy, c.1976.
Rsv No 89/18, east side of road E of Gamlingay, 262.524, CJ Cadbury, 1980.
c.6 patches in over–grown verge from near road junction at north end, 260.528 to track going east at 261.523, G Crompton, R Gorton & JM Way, 7.7.1992 and G Crompton with M Stokes and U3A Exc., 13.7.1992.
Roadside between Longstowe and Gransden, EF Warburg, 1940.
Banks Gt. Gransden, Hb. Dr Burges, 10.7.1943.
Rsv nr Longstowe, AC Leslie, 1977.
Rsv Longstowe B.1046, 286.536, Trust Rsv Survey, 1986.
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By Hayley Wood; WW Newbould. Bab.1860,56.
Near Hayley Wood, CBSC, 1905.
None on roadside near Hayley Wood, [29–53], M Stokes, 1991.
None on Rsv 89/34, south side of road east of Hayley Lane, G Crompton & JM Way, 7.7.1992.
Rsv No 89/33 N side of road, 287.536, one good patch, near willows/field entrance, G Crompton & JM Way, 7.7.1992.
Rsv Lt. Gransden, 274.538, CJ Cadbury, 1980.
None found on Rsv SW side, 273.540, where it was last seen by Rosalind Gorton c.1990, when tar was dumped on the spot, G Crompton, R Gorton & JM Way, 7.7.1992.
By Storymoats Spinney, 20–52–, FH Perring, 1963. [V.c. 30, Beds ?or just in V.c. 29 boundary]
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Papworth St Agnes, Rev. T York, Bab.1860,56.
North of Caxton Gibbett, [Papworth Everard] 29–61–, FH Perring, 1957.
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Barrington, Bab.1860,56.
c.7 in fl. by FP from Barrington to Harlton, 388.517, M Stokes & Edna Norman, 1.7.1992.
Croydon. Bab.1860,56.
Croydon Hill, PD Sell, 19.6.1950, CGE.
Side of Croydon Hill, PD Sell, 1950.
Rsv on Croydon Hill (c.30–49–), PH Oswald, n.d., (probably 1953.)
Croydon Hill, none seen, (right hand road verge coming from Croydon had been disturbed by pipe laying), M Stokes, 1991.
Wimpole, Bab.1860,56.
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Bourn, WW Newbould. Bab.1860,56.
Long Stow, WW Newbould. Bab.1860,56..
20–30 flowers, S side of track, Bourn, 339.580, R Payne, 20.7.1991, [R].
V. abundant E & W of Old North Rd Station LNWR. 15.7.1915, Mills ann.
Railway bank, Old North Rd station, 31–54–, FH Perring, 1954.
1 clump 400 yds west of Old North Rd Station, M Stokes, 1991.
FP and old railway W of Great North road bridge, 35C, C Turner, 3.7.1997, [R].
Old railway W of B1046, Bourn, J & P Reynolds, 7.7.1991, [R].
Disused railway, quite common in patches, Bourn, 330.553, GMS Easy, 9.8.1991, [R].
2–3 p[lants reappeared since 1987, N side of B1046, Bourn, 331.558, H Wood, 1993, [R].
Caldecot, Bab.1860,56.
Ab. for 10 metres, Bourn/Caldecote bridle road, 339.580, R Payne, 1981; none, M Stokes, 11.8.1991.
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Caxton, WW Newbould. Bab.1860,56.
Rsv Caxton, AC Leslie, 1977.
Trifolium ochroleuchum Comberton. Relhan,1785;1802;1820.
Comberton, AG More from Boswell Hb, 7.1853, Hb ES Marshall, CGE.
Comberton, Bab.1860,56.
Hawks Farm, Comberton, 38–56–, Mrs JB Gregory, 1954.
Nr Northfield Farm crossroads, Comberton–Madingley Road, 38–58–, SM Walters & KM Godley, 1954.
Long Road, Comberton, plentiful, 389.585, R Payne, 1981; 389.585, none, grass had been cut early, M Stokes, 1991.
Wimpole Way, Comberton, 38–58–, PJ Conder, 12.7.1981, [R].
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Eversden. Coleman(b).
Eversden, Newbould, Bab.1860,56.
Eversden Wood. Rev. WH Coleman. N.B.G. Bab.ann.Relhan,300.
By Eversden Wood, Bab.1860,56.
Eversden, EM Walker, n.d., CGE.
Between Mare Way and Eversden Quarry, RH Goode, 24.6.1905, CGE.
Mare way, PH Oswald with A Mitchell, 21.7.1953, PH Oswald ann. Evans.
Mareway, Gt Eversden, 1 clump, 353.526, R. Payne, 1981.
Gt & Lt Eversden, 36–53–, Miss EM Barraud, 1939–1954.
Eversden Quarry, Orwell Hill, [EM Barraud] 1958, ann. Bab.
Eversden Quarry, 367.520,1958, EM Barraud.
Nr Gt Eversden, track, 357.529, N Warner, 1977.
Eversden, 27 clumps, both sides of track, 358.526, 359.529, 355.527, M Stokes, 1991.
Eversden, beside farm road, decreasing, 356.528, RGH Cant, 1983–1991.
2 or 3 plants, SE side by edge of track, & NW side, Wimpole Road, Gt Eversden, 355.528, 35L, DA Wells & P Phillips, 1.6.1993, [R].
Great Eversden, 356.537, J & P Reynolds, 23.6.1992, [R].
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Sulphur–coloured Trefoil. Hardwicke. Relhan,1820.
Hardwick, Bab.1860,56.
By Hardwick Wood. West,1898,251.
Hardwick, FG Peters, 6.1904, CGE.
Hardwick Wood, 16.9.1917, ann. Lee.
Hardwick Wood, n.c.,1937, CGE.
Path to Hardwick Wood, JL Crosby, (1D2), 1937.
Hardwick, G Foggitt, 29.6.1938, HDD.
Hardwick, EA George, 19?40.
Frequent in lanes & on the roadside E of Hardwick Wood, 18.7.1952: entirely past flowering (2 heads with fl. still pale yellow seen). A week or two from flowering here, 9.6.1957 (heads 1–2cm diam. culms >20cm.) Some dug up for Hort. Univ. Cantab. DE Coombe, Card index.
Track N. of Hardwick Wood, 35–58–, S.M.Walters, 1953.
Track up to (E of Hardwick Wood), 36–57–, SM Walters et al, 1953.
1 plant, 365.572, M Stokes, & U3A exc.,1991.
Tracks W & E of Hardwick Wood, PH Oswald, 20.7.1953, PHO Card index.
Track to Wood farm, 36–57–, P Phillips, 11.8.1991, [R].
1 clump alongside track to Wood farm, 362.573, M Gurney, 30.6.1999, [R].
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St Neot's Road before turning to Hardwick, TG Tutin, 1939.
Harlton, Bab.1860,56.
South of Harlton, 39–51–, BFC Sennitt, 1954.
c.20 fl. by pub on Eversden to Harlton X–roads, 378.525, M Stokes & E Norman, 1.7.1992.
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Near Kingston Wood, Bab.1860,56.
Old railway, Kingston, 327.551–326.549, GMS Easy, 1975.
Old railway, Kingston, 334.556, AC Leslie., 1977.
Old railway, Kingston, 332.554 – 334.556; 327.551 – 326.549; 322.548, GMS Easy, 10.8.1978.
Old railway, Kingston, 327.551 – 326.549, 332.554 – 334.556, >30 clumps, M Stokes, 1991.
Quite common, old railway, 330.553, 327.551, 323.548, GMS Easy, 9.8.1991.
A few small patches amongst T. pratense, west side of Rsv Kingston, 350.548, R Payne, 1.7.1992.
Rsv, 91/1, Kingston, 342.554, J & P Reynolds, 24.6.1992, [R].
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Orwell, ND Simpson, c.1913.
Orwell Hill, clunch pit, 36–51–, FH Perring, 1958.
Fox Hill, [Orwell–A.603] TG Tutin, c.1932; PF Yeo, 1967.
Rsv Foxhill, 367.513, CJ Cadbury, 1980.
Grassy side of cutting, Fox Hill, Orwell, 369.514, PD Sell, 82/120, 3.7.1982, CGE.
Foxhill Rsv 364.512, CJ Cadbury, 1988.
Rsv, Fox Hill, 366.513, >100, in 5 x 100m, M Stokes with E Norman, 13.7.1991.
(Foxhill Rsv,) 368.514Ñ366.513, 'by main road' JCA Rathmell, 5.7.1994.
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Toft, Bab.1860,56.
Toft, RJ Bunch, 15.6.1833, LTR.
Millers Way, Toft, 356.564, R. Payne, 1981; none, M Stokes, 1991.
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Birds Pastures; WWN. Bab.MS.Fl.180.
Childerley; WW Newbould. Bab.1860,56.
Dry Drayton, Bab.1860,56.
Rsv W of Elsworth, 30–64–, G Peterken, 6.1968.
In tight bud 20 yds N of 5th lime tree, Rsv 89/16, Elsworth, 305.608, DE Coombe, 17.6.1986, [R].
2 clumps, Rsv 89/16, DE Coombe, 2.8.1987, [R].
Rsv in chalk grassland, Elsworth, Trust Rsv Survey, 305.610, 1986.
305.610, none seen, but LH verge from main road had recently been cut, M Stokes, 18.8.1991; uncut and overgrown, none found, G Crompton & JM Way, 7.7.1992.
Rsv, Knapwell, 334.600–332.622, Trust Rsv Survey, 1986; 334.600 – 332.622, RH verge had been disturbed by pipe laying, 2 plants 334.616 on RH verge and c.30 plants on LH verge (from main road), 100 yds from Glebe Farm entrance, M Stokes, 11.8.1991.
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Madingley. Martyn,1763,Herbat.IV.
Madingley, fl. albo, JS Henslow, 31.7.1828, CGE.
Madingley, Hb JA Power, 27.6.1835, RTE.
Madingley. Coleman(b).
Madingley road; also by the wood, and outside the Park, Bab.1860,56.
Roadside near Madingley, W Hillhouse, 19.7.1879, CGE.
Roadside near Madingley, 26.6.1881, Bent. ann.
Madingley, C Potter, 26.7.1886, CGE.
Madingley, AS Shrubbs, 1889, DHM.
Madingley, A Hosking, 6.7.1895, CGE.
'dry and chalky places' Madingley, A Hosking, June & August 1903, CGE.
Madingley, DM Neal, 1939.
Ornithological Field Station, Madingley, [39–60–], Miss EM Barraud, 1954.
Madingley, 388.605, DE Coombe & DA Wells, 9.5.1990, [R].
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Trifolium ochroleucon It is common near Cambridge;... Martyn, 1792, Flora Rustica 1:35.
Cambridgeshire. [WS] Hort.Sicc.5:WBCH.
...From near Cambridge. Skrim.MS.
Barton, FA Hanbury, 6.1861, CGE.
In one field only in Barton, (distr. 6) Marshall, Bennett,1899,243.
Barton, 22.7.1902, Mills ann.
Moor barns Closes. JM.ann.Martyn,1727,88.
Huntingdon Road, CEM ann. RS Winteringham, 1943.
Gravel–pits near Paradise, Cambridge, Relhan, Bab.1860,56.
Trifolium pratense hirsutum majus flore albo sulphureo; not yet described as far as we know. The great white or yellowish Meadow–Trefoile. About Cherry–Hinton in many pastures closes and elsewhere. Ray,1660,167–168(120).
Hinton or Cherry Hinton, In the lanes and Closes. Ray,Index Loc.
Cherry–Hinton. In the lanes and closes. Martyn,1763,Herbat.VIII.
Cherry Hinton Chalk Pit Close. Ray,Index Loc.
Cherry–Hinton. In the close called by Mr Ray the Chalk–pit Close. Martyn,1763,Herbat.VIII.
Chalk–pit Close, etc. Relhan,1785;1802;1820.
Hinton. Relhan,1785;1802;1820.
Hinton, Cambridge, JS Henslow, 26.6.1826, CGE.
Hinton; Ray, Bab.1860,56.
Babington italicizes Hinton, Ray's locality for the plant. It was plentiful in one corner of the pasture by the Cambridge foot–path opposite Hinton Church in 1894, but I could not find it in the following year. West,1898,251.
Coton, Bab.1860,56.
Hedgebanks in fields Coton, FA Hanbury, 7.1864, CGE.
Coton, nr.Cambridge, [? Lynch], 20.7.1903, CGE.
Coton, Albert J Crossfield, 23.6.?1906 (or 1916), CGE.
Fallows S of the St. Neot's Road at 3
miles from Cambridge, with Allium vineale; West,1898,251.Trifolium ochroleuchum Yellow Trefoil. Gravel–pits near Granchester Meadow. Relhan,1785.
Lane between Cambridge & Grandchester, S Hailstone, 1845. HJW Cat. & SH Cat.217.
In the old chalk–pit at Haslingfield, Bab.1860,56.
Haslingfield, ND Simpson, c.1913.
Grassy bank in disused chalk pit, Money Hill, Haslingfield, RM Burton, 8,1958.
Haslingfield, old chalk pit, 406.517, PJ Bourne, 1.7.1963.
[Trifolium...flore albo–sulphureo] About Madingley wood July 10 1759. Th.M.ann.Meth.88.
Trifolium &c.fl. albo sulphureo Madingley Lanes and Closes Th.M.ann.Meth.–Index Loc.12.
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King's Hedges. Coleman(b).
King's Hedges, Bab.1860,56.
King's Hedges, 46–53–, PJ Bourne, 1950, ann.CTW.
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Borley Wood, Bab.1860,56.
Furze Hills, Hildersham. West,1898,251.
Hildersham, Bab.1860,56.
Hldersham, ND Simpson, 1913.
Furze Hills, Hildersham, West,1898.
Linton and Bartlow, ND Simpson, c.1913.
Track to Pins Pasture, N of Linton, 56–47–, A Palmer, 1965.
Nr Linton, A Palmer, 1965.
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Balsham, Bab.1860,56.
Balsham, HD.ann.
Verge of Roman Road, nr Worsted Lodge, B Nevinson, 6.1943, in litt 29.41964.
Fulbourn, ND Simpson, 1913.
Six–Mile–Bottom and Wilbraham, ND Simpson, c.1913.
Teversham. Henslow ann. 2:300.
Teversham; Newbould, Bab.1860,56.
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Anglesea Abbey, n.c., (Hb Jenyns), 26.6.1827, BATHG.
Anglesey Abbey, L Jenyns, Bab ann.
Anglesea Abbey, Jenyns,1860.
Made an excursion into Bottisham Fen:... Searched the field adjoining the Mill beyond Anglesea Abbey, in my return, for Satyrium viride – where I found it two years ago,– but without success. was rewarded in another way by the discovery of Trifolium ochroleucum growing near that spot in company with the common Clover. Jenyns,JNH,26.6.1827.
Quy. Henslow ann. 2:300.
Quy, Henslow, Bab.1860,56.
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Ely, AF.cat.
Ely. Bab.1860,56.
Railway bank 1
miles from Fordham towards Soham. West,1898,251.Railway cutting, nr Soham, GMS Easy, 1976; not found on Soham cutting, 598.711 – 600.707, GMS Easy, 1991.
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Rsv Castle Camps, 607.432, Trust Rsv Survey, 1986.
[Rsv No 89/11] Rsv nr Woolpack Grove, abund. 606.433, R. Payne, 1981.
Rsv 89/11, Castle Camps, 60–43–, DA Wells & JM Way, 21.6.1993, [R].
Rsv No 89/10 Rsv Camps End, 617.425, FE Wrighton, 1978.
Rsv Castle Camps, 618.425, 4 good patches along whole of short Rsv on SE side, with nearly 300 Anacamptis, G Crompton, 22.6.1992, & with DA Wells, 25.6.1992 & with JM Way, 1.7.1992.
Abundant, in fruit, Rsv, 89/12, Camps End, 617.426, JCA Rathmell, 29.7.1998.
Rsv, 89/12, Castle Camps, 618.425, JCA Rathmell, 15.6.1997, [R].
Rsv Castle Camps, only 10+ plants, 619.425, GMS Easy, 9.7.1991.
Rsv 89/10, Castle Camps, 619.425, G Crompton & JM Way, 1.7.1992; DA Wells & JM Way, 21.6.1993, [R].
Abundant over 100m, grassy footpath, Castle Camps, 630.429, R Payne, 12.7.1992, [R].
Abundant over 300 metres, footpath, Camps Green, 630.429, R Payne, 12.7.1992.
Not found on either side of road between Whiten's Mere Farm & Woolpack Grove, Nor on north or south side of road east of Woolpack Grove, G Crompton & JM Way, 1.7.1992.
Horseheath in chalk grassland on bank of old railway, east side of track, 629.465, J Tyler, 6.7.1992; 1 patch on SE side, 628.465, G Crompton & M Strugnell, 20.7.1992, [R].
Shudy Camps, S Hailstone, July 10 1835, (SH label) YRK:315; HJW Cat. – July 10 omitted. SH Cat.
Shudy Camps, Bab.1860,56.
Old chalk pit, S of Shudy Camps, 61–43–, FH Perring, 1955.
Shudy Camps old railway banks, frequent ! GMS Easy, 12.7.1975.
Shudy Camps, 616.457, not found, GMS Easy, 1991.
Shudy Camps, along top of old railway bank, and in rough meadow on NW side, (newly planted with a few little trees, & where there is a cleared area of the railway bank), a few patches, 614.454, G Crompton & DA Wells, 25.6.1992.
Rsv NO 89/39 Shudy Camps, 620.442, Trust Rsv Survey, 1986.
Good population, Rsv 89/39, Shudy Camps, 621.442, G Crompton & JM Way, 1.7.1992; DA Wells & JM Way, 11.7.1995, [R].
Rsv Shudy Camps, 620.442, quite frequent over 20 x 2 yards on east corner of verge, G Crompton & JM Way, 1.7.1992.
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Rsv Kirtling, 697.553, R Payne, 1981.
2 clumps in seed, east side, Rsv, Kirtling, (nr county boundary), 674.555, G Crompton & JM Way, 31.10.1991.
Stetchworth, L.J., 8.7.1827, BATHG.
Donkey Common, nr West Wratting, 60–51–, FH Perring, 1963; none M Stokes, 1991.
Made an excursion to Wood Ditton,...in pastures to the right hand side of the woody part of the Devils Ditch near its termination. Trifolium ochroleucum is common about Wood Ditton growing intermixed with the common red clover. Jenyns,NHJ,6.7.1827.
Wood–Ditton, L Jenyns, 8.7.1827, CGE.
Rsv Carlton, 646.513, O Rackham, 27.6.1965.
