Trifolium depauperatum
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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. depauperatum
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Trifolium depauperatum is a species of clover known by the common names cowbag clover,[1] poverty clover,[2] and balloon sack clover.
Distribution[edit]
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.[3]
Description[edit]
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 long which are smooth, toothed, lobed, or blunt-tipped. The inflorescence is a head of flowers up to 1.5 centimeters long. The flower has a pinkish purple white-tipped corolla up to a centimeter long. It becomes inflated as the fruit developed.
Subspecies[edit]
Trifolium depauperatum has several varieties, which can include:
- Trifolium depauperatum var. amplectens — Balloon sack clover, Pale bladder clover.[4]
- Trifolium depauperatum var. depauperatum — Cowbag clover.[5]
- Trifolium depauperatum var. hydrophilum
- Trifolium depauperatum var. truncatum — Dwarf sack clover.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Trifolium depauperatum". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
- ^ BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
- ^ Calflora: Trifolium depauperatum
- ^ Calflora: Trifolium depauperatum var. amplectens
- ^ Calflora: Trifolium depauperatum var. depauperatum
- ^ Calflora: Trifolium depauperatum var. truncatum
External links[edit]
- Calflora Database: Trifolium depauperatum (Cowbag clover, Dwarf sack clover, Pale sack clover)
- Jepson Manual eFlora (TJM2) treatment of Trifolium depauperatum
- "Trifolium depauperatum". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture.
- UC CalPhotos gallery: Trifolium depauperatum
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