Senior Randall Thompson shares what he believes to be a nine-leaf clover. He first passed it around during English class one day to the amazement of all.

If it’s true that the odds of finding a four-leaf clover are 1 in 10,000, a nine-leaf clover must be exceedingly rare. Or is this simply two clovers that have merged into one clover? Still, upon close examination, it clearly has just one stem. Perhaps the math department can do a statistical analysis of the odds on finding a nine-leaf clover and report back in the near future.

According to the Internet, Artificial Intelligence, and dozens of other clover hunters on various social media sites, the odds of finding a clover like Thompson’s is believed to be one in a few million. Too bad this wasn’t a series of numbers on a lottery ticket.

Incidentally, the record for the most leaves on a clover is 63, set by Yoshiharu Watanabe in Japan in 2023. Good luck finding one with more leaves than Thompson’s!