Trifolium eriocephalum
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Genus: | Trifolium |
| Species: | T. eriocephalum
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| Trifolium eriocephalum | |
Trifolium eriocephalum is a species of clover known by the common name woollyhead clover[1] or hairy head clover.
Distribution
[edit]The plant is native to the north-western United States, and to California, Nevada, and Utah.
It is a common plant of several types of habitat, including Coast redwood forest, coastal prairie, mixed evergreen forest, and yellow pine forest.[2]
Description
[edit]Trifolium eriocephalum is a hairy perennial herb producing an upright, unbranched stem. The leaves are made up of oval leaflets up to 4 centimeters long.
The inflorescence is a head of flowers up to 3 centimeters long with flowers spreading and soon drooping. The flower has a densely hairy, tubular calyx of sepals with long, narrow linear lobes that may bend outward. The white or yellowish corolla may be up to 1.4 centimeters long.
Subspecies
[edit]- Trifolium eriocephalum ssp. cusickii — Cusick's clover, Great Basin region.[3]
- Trifolium eriocephalum ssp. eriocephalum [4]
References
[edit]- ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Trifolium eriocephalum". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
- ^ Calflora: Trifolium eriocephalum
- ^ Calflora: Trifolium eriocephalum ssp. cusickii
- ^ Calflora: Trifolium eriocephalum ssp. eriocephalum
External links
[edit]- Calflora Database: Trifolium eriocephalum (Woollyhead clover)
- USDA Plants Profile for Trifolium eriocephalum (woollyhead clover)
- Jepson Manual eFlora (TJM2) treatment of Trifolium eriocephalum var. eriocephalum
- Washington Burke Museum
- UC CalPhotos gallery: Trifolium eriocephalum
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