Trifolium depauperatum

Trifolium depauperatum
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. depauperatum
Binomial name
Trifolium depauperatum

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

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 (3⁄4 in) long which are smooth, toothed, lobed, or blunt-tipped. The inflorescence is a head of flowers up to 1.5 cm long. The flower has a pinkish purple white-tipped corolla up to 1 cm long. It becomes inflated as the fruit develops.

Subspecies

Trifolium depauperatum has several varieties, which can include:

  • Trifolium depauperatum var. amplectens — Balloon sack clover, Pale bladder clover.[3]
  • Trifolium depauperatum var. depauperatum — Cowbag clover.[4]
  • Trifolium depauperatum var. hydrophilum
  • Trifolium depauperatum var. truncatum — Dwarf sack clover.[5]

Distribution and habitat

The plant is native to western North America from British Columbia to California, as well as to western South America in Peru and Chile. It is a common plant of many types of habitat, including coastal prairie and mixed evergreen forest.[6]

References

  1. ↑ NRCS. "Trifolium depauperatum". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 15 December 2015.
  2. ↑ BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  3. ↑ Calflora: Trifolium depauperatum var. amplectens
  4. ↑ Calflora: Trifolium depauperatum var. depauperatum
  5. ↑ Calflora: Trifolium depauperatum var. truncatum
  6. ↑ Calflora: Trifolium depauperatum


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