Trifolium macrocephalum
| Trifolium macrocephalum | |
|---|---|
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| Inflorescence | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Tribe: | Trifolieae |
| Genus: | Trifolium |
| Species: | T. macrocephalum |
| Binomial name | |
| Trifolium macrocephalum (Pursh) Poir. | |
Trifolium macrocephalum is a species of clover known by the common name largehead clover.[1] It is native to the northwestern United States from Washington to northern California to Idaho, where it occurs in several types of habitat, including sagebrush and mountain woodlands. It is a rhizomatous perennial herb taking an upright form. The herbage is hairy. The leaves are made up of 5 to 9 thick oval leaflets each measuring up to 2.5 centimeters in length. The inflorescence is crowded, egg-shaped and up to 5 or 6 centimeters long. Each flower has a calyx of sepals with lobes narrowing into bristles which are coated in long woolly hairs. The flower corolla may be nearly 3 centimeters in length and is pink in color, or sometimes bicolored.
References
- ↑ "Trifolium macrocephalum". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
External links
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