Flowers and leaves. Australian Plant Image Index, photo: Murray Fagg, north of Louth NSW

Pods and leaves. Australian Plant Image Index, photo: Murray Fagg, north of Louth NSW

Plant. Australian Plant Image Index, photo: Murray Fagg, near Cameron Corner, SA

Plant. Australian Plant Image Index, photo: Murray Fagg, north of Louth NSW

Common Name

Coopers Clover, Sweet Fenugreek, Channel Clover

Family

Fabaceae

Notes

Fragrant annual forb, prostrate or to 50cm tall. Leaves alternating along the stems, compound with 3 leaflets, each 0.4-2cm long, 2-15mm wide, flat, upper surface becoming hairless, lower surface usually hairy, with smooth or toothed margins, and blunt or notched tips. Flowers pea-shaped, pale yellow, with 5 petals, 2 almost joined together. Flowers in loose clusters of 2-8 at the bases of the leaf stalks. Rare Vic.

Description and photo in G.M. Cunningham, WE Mulham, PL Milthorpe and J H Leigh (1981 and later printings) Plants of Western New South Wales page 428

PlantNET description:  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Trigonella~suavissima