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| Trifolium wormskioldii | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Genus: | Trifolium |
| Species: | T. wormskioldii |
| Binomial name | |
| Trifolium wormskioldii Lehm. |
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The legume Trifolium wormskioldii (syn. Trifolium fimbriatum, Trifolium involucratum) is a species of clover native to the western half of North America. Its common names include cow clover, coast clover and springbank clover. It has a broad distribution, growing in low, thick mats in coastal sand, sending up longer stalks in higher elevations, and in a thin, squat form in mountainous areas up to about 3200 feet in elevation. The pinkish-purple or magenta flowers grow in rounded inflorescences similar to those of other clovers.
Cow clover was a common food for several Native American groups, the roots cooked and eaten especially with fish, and the leaves eaten raw as a vegetable.
[edit] Name etymology
The species was given its scientific name in honour of the botanist Morten Wormskjold.
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