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The shamrock spider can be distinguished from other orb weaver species by the several white dots on its back. The legs of Araneus trifolium are usually brown or beige colored with several white bands around the joints. The shamrock spider creates a web to catch its prey. Small flying insects who fly into the web will get stuck in the sticky net.
The results show that there is no one "true" species of shamrock, but that Trifolium dubium (lesser clover) is considered to be the shamrock by roughly half of Irish people, and Trifolium repens (white clover) by another third, with the remaining sixth split between Trifolium pratense (red clover), Medicago lupulina (black medick), Oxalis acetosella (wood sorrel), and various other species of ...
Trifolium dubium, the lesser trefoil, [2] suckling clover, [3] little hop clover or lesser hop trefoil, is a flowering plant in the pea and clover family Fabaceae. This species is generally accepted as the primary plant to represent the traditional Irish shamrock .
Trifolium repens L. – shamrock (white clover) Trifolium resupinatum L. – Persian clover, shaftal; Trifolium retusum L. Trifolium × retyezaticum Nyár. Trifolium rhizomatosum O.Schwarz; Trifolium rhombeum S.Schauer; Trifolium riograndense Burkart; Trifolium rollinsii J.M.Gillett; Trifolium roussaeanum Boiss. Trifolium rubens L. Trifolium ...
However, other three-leafed plants — such as black medic (Medicago lupulina), red clover (Trifolium pratense), and Common wood sorrel (genus Oxalis) — are sometimes designated as shamrocks. The shamrock was traditionally used for its medical properties and was a popular motif in Victorian times.
4-leaf white clover (Trifolium repens L.)The four-leaf clover is a rare variation of the common three-leaf clover that has four leaflets instead of three. According to traditional sayings, such clovers bring good luck, [1] a belief that dates back to at least the 17th century.
Trifolium: Trifolium aureum; Trifolium campestre; Trifolium agrarium; Trifolium dubium, thought by some to be the original Shamrock; Medicago. Medicago lupulina
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