Trifolium monanthum
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| Trifolium monanthum | |
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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. monanthum |
| Binomial name | |
| Trifolium monanthum A.Gray |
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Trifolium monanthum is a species of clover known by the common name mountain carpet clover. It is native to the mountains of southern and eastern California and western Nevada, where it occurs at elevations above 1500 meters in coniferous forests, woodlands, and meadows. It is a small perennial herb forming small clumps of hairless or slightly hairy herbage. The leaves are made up of oval leaflets up to 1.2 centimeters in length. The inflorescence is reduced with only a few flowers, or a single flower. The flower corolla measures up to 1.2 centimeters long and is white, sometimes with lavender speckles.
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