Trifolium beckwithii

Trifolium beckwithii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Trifolium
Species:
T. beckwithii
Binomial name
Trifolium beckwithii

Trifolium beckwithii is a species of clover known by the common name Beckwith's clover.[1]

Description

Trifolium beckwithii is a perennial herb that grows upright. It has large stipules at the base of the leaf stalks. Most of the leaves are basal, except for one pair growing higher on the stem. The leaf is made up of oval leaflets up to 4 centimeters (1+1⁄2 in) long.

The inflorescence is a head of flowers 2 to 3 cm (3⁄4 to 1+1⁄4 in) wide. The corolla (group of petals) is pink, purplish, or bicolored. The flowers droop on the head as they age.

Distribution and habitat

It is native to the western United States, from northeastern California, Oregon, Nevada and Utah in the Great Basin region, to Montana and into South Dakota.

Habitats include yellow pine forest, red fir forest, mountain meadows, and wetland−riparian areas.

References

  1. ↑ NRCS. "Trifolium beckwithii". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 15 December 2015.


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