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Posted by Tim harrison
on 13/8/2009, 7:47 am, in reply to "Re: Twin headed clover Trifolium bocconei"
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Kate
the best place I've found is on the S-facing slopes of Enys Head (follow the coast path from Cadgwith) on the section which looks over to Kildown Point (try about 1/2 way down the slope). Look for very parched grassland. There are usually 20 or 30 plants here, and a few more scattered around elsewhere in similar habitat on the headland. Late May or early June are best, but this depends on how warm the weather has been. Sometimes it never appears at all... I've never seen it at Caerthillian, but one or two of the other headlands here have T. bocc., especally those on serpentine.
On the path from Cadgwith, you can also look out for Trifolium incarnatum subsp. molinerii which can be present on the walls.
Happy hunting, but you'll have to wait until next year :-)
Tim
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