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White clover flowers

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White clover flowers

Clover flowers are an important seed source for new pastures, and also provide nectar for honeybees. Creamy white-clover honey is popular in New Zealand.

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Deric Charlton, Pastures – Clovers, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/16361/white-clover-flowers (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Deric Charlton, published 1 March 2009.