Waiting outside a local shopping centre, yet again admiring the colours of another row of liquid amber trees, I looked down to find I was literally 'standing in clover' – lucky me. Two questions came to mind – firstly is clover an indigenous plant? (There’s certainly plenty of it growing around the countryside, but then so is there of Cosmos, a decidedly imported exotic plant). The second question - do four leaf clovers really exist? Or are they a figment of a leprechaun’s imagination?. The first answer is that there is indeed a single variety of indigenous African clover, Trifolium Burchellianum - and this is it. The common weed Oxalis, sometimes grown for its decorative pink flowering variety is often commonly thought to be a clover due its similar trifoliate leaves, but it is not in fact of the same genus. So, on to the second question which I guess then becomes can a trifolium ever produce a quadrifolium? Look closely at the picture (click to enlarge if necessary) and like me you’ll find your answer. It must be your lucky day!!!Amongst the settings on my camera is a macro-zoom “scene” setting (it’s the single reason I bought this particular compact). Going well beyond the capabilities of the normal macro setting of other makes it is remarkable in the detail it can capture with incredibly good resolution even as close as two to three centimetres from a subject. I used it for this image and am delighted with the result.
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