Tree Clover (Trifolium ciliolatum)

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Trifolium ciliolatum
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Trifolium
Species:
T. ciliolatum
Binomial name
Trifolium ciliolatum

Trifolium ciliolatum is a species of clover known by the common name foothill clover.[1]

Description

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It is an annual herb growing erect in form, with hairless herbage. The leaves are made up of toothed oval leaflets and have bristle-tipped stipules. The inflorescence is a head of flowers 1–2 centimeters (1234 in) wide, the flowers often spreading out or drooping. The flower has a calyx of bristle-like sepals lined with hairs and a pinkish or purplish corolla.

Distribution and habitat

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The species is native to western North America from Washington to Baja California.

It is a common plant of many regions, including disturbed habitat.

Uses

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The seeds and vegetation of this plant were a common food of many local Native American groups.[2]

References

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  1. ^ NRCS. "Trifolium ciliolatum". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 15 December 2015.
  2. ^ Ethnobotany
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About

Native to western North America, especially California.

Synonyms

  • Foothill Clover

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