Trifolium albopurpureum
Trifolium albopurpureum | |
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with Lasthenia californica | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fabales |
Family: | Fabaceae |
Subfamily: | Faboideae |
Genus: | Trifolium |
Species: | T. albopurpureum
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Binomial name | |
Trifolium albopurpureum |
Trifolium albopurpureum is a species of clover known by the common name rancheria clover.[1]
It is native to the west coast of North America from British Columbia, California and the Sierra Nevada, to Baja California. It can be found in a wide variety of habitats, including chaparral and woodlands, grasslands, forests, and montane locales.
Description
[edit]Trifolium albopurpureum is an annual herb growing decumbent or erect in form. The leaflets are 1 to 3 centimeters long, and the herbage is hairy. The inflorescence is a spike of flowers measuring 0.5 to 2 centimeters wide. Each flower has a calyx of sepals with narrow lobes that taper into a bristle-shaped point and are coated in long hairs. Within the calyx is the flower corolla, which is purple and white in color.
Subspecies
[edit]Trifolium albopurpureum is often discussed as comprising three varieties. These are:
- Trifolium albopurpureum var. albopurpureum
- Trifolium albopurpureum var. dichotomum
- Trifolium albopurpureum var. olivaceum
References
[edit]- ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Trifolium albopurpureum". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
- "Jepson Manual Treatment for Trifolium albopurpureum". Jepson Interchange. Regents of the University of California. 1993. Retrieved 25 April 2011.
- "PLANTS Profile for Trifolium albopurpureum" (Online Database). PLANTS Database. USDA NRCS. Retrieved 25 April 2011.
External links
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- Trifolium
- Flora of the West Coast of the United States
- Flora of California
- Flora of Baja California
- Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands
- Flora of the Sierra Nevada (United States)
- Flora of the Cascade Range
- Flora of the Klamath Mountains
- Natural history of the Central Valley (California)
- Trifolieae stubs