On Aug 26, 11:15*am, Jack Schmidling wrote:
My first reaction to seeing this was bird poop.
Upon closer examination, it is the true color of the leaves of this
VERY white clover.
There a few other similar cases in the general area where these are.
I suspect some sort of fungus but would appreciate it if someone could
identify it.
js
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I believe it is a Chimera, i.e. a mixture of tissues of different
genetic make up in the same part of the plant, if I remember correctly
it occurs in legume crops infrequently. There is another condition
that
occurs in alfalfa infected with stem nematode where a pure white leaf
is
produced.