Trifolium depauperatum

Trifolium depauperatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Faboideae
Tribe:	Trifolieae
Genus:	Trifolium
Species:	T. depauperatum
Binomial name
	Trifolium depauperatum; Desv.

Trifolium depauperatum is a species of clover known by the common names cowbag clover,^[1] poverty clover,^[2] and balloon sack clover.

Distribution

The plant is native to western North America from British Columbia to California, as well as towestern South America in Peru and Chile. It is a common plant of many types of habitat, including coastal prairie and mixed evergreen forest,. ^[3]

Description

Trifolium depauperatum is a small annual herb growing upright or decumbent in form. The leaves are made up of oval leaflets up to 2 centimeters long which are smooth, toothed, lobed, or blunt-tipped. The inflorescence is a head of flowers up to 1.5 centimeters long. The flower has a pinkish purple white-tipped corolla up to a centimeter long. It becomes inflated as the fruit developed.

Subspecies

Trifolium depauperatum has several varieties, which can include:

Trifolium depauperatum var. amplectens — Balloon sack clover, Pale bladder clover. ^[4]
Trifolium depauperatum var. depauperatum — Cowbag clover.^[5]
Trifolium depauperatum var. hydrophilum
Trifolium depauperatum var. truncatum — Dwarf sack clover. ^[6]

References

^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Trifolium depauperatum". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
^ "BSBI List 2007". Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-02-25. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
^ Calflora: Trifolium depauperatum
^ Calflora: Trifolium depauperatum var. amplectens
^ Calflora: Trifolium depauperatum var. depauperatum
^ Calflora: Trifolium depauperatum var. truncatum

External links

This Faboideae-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

[1] USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Trifolium depauperatum". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 15 December 2015.

[BSBI07-2] "BSBI List 2007". Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-02-25. Retrieved 2014-10-17.

[3] Calflora: Trifolium depauperatum

[4] Calflora: Trifolium depauperatum var. amplectens

[5] Calflora: Trifolium depauperatum var. depauperatum

[6] Calflora: Trifolium depauperatum var. truncatum

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]