Trifolium beckwithii
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| Trifolium beckwithii | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Tribe: | Trifolieae |
| Genus: | Trifolium |
| Species: | T. beckwithii |
| Binomial name | |
| Trifolium beckwithii W.H.Brewer ex S.Watson |
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Trifolium beckwithii is a species of clover known by the common name Beckwith's clover. It is native to the western and central United States from California and Oregon to Montana and South Dakota, where it grows in several types of habitat, including mountain meadows. It is a perennial herb growing upright in form. Most of the leaves are basal, except for one pair growing higher on the stem. The leaf is made up of oval leaflets up to 4 centimeters long and the stipules are large. The inflorescence is a head of flowers 2 to 3 centimeters wide. The flower corolla is pink, purplish, or bicolored. The flowers droop on the head as they age.
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