Left-Burr clover as removed from a fleece and showing the wool fibres entangled. One burr has been unravelled to show the tough, hooked fibre which when torn open in the wool-processing machinery may pass through with the wool fibres and mar many yards of finished cloth. Right-Spotted burr clover showing one burr unravelled and seeds exposed.
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New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume 78, Issue 1, 15 January 1949, Page 57
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56Left-Burr clover as removed from a fleece and showing the wool fibres entangled. One burr has been unravelled to show the tough, hooked fibre which when torn open in the wool-processing machinery may pass through with the wool fibres and mar many yards of finished cloth. Right-Spotted burr clover showing one burr unravelled and seeds exposed. New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume 78, Issue 1, 15 January 1949, Page 57
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