Trifolium ciliolatum |
Trifolium aureum |
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foothill clover, tree clover |
golden clover, greater hop clover, yellow clover |
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Habit | Mostly glabrous annual with several decumbent to erect stems 1.5-5 dm. long. | Pubescent to glabrous annual or biennial usually with several erect or ascending stems 2-5 dm. tall. |
Leaves | Leaves alternate, trifoliate; stipules 1-2.5 cm. long, with entire, acuminate tips; leaflets oblong-elliptic to oblanceolate or broader, 1-3.5 cm. long, finely denticulate the entire length, the teeth needle-like. |
Leaves trifoliate, leaflets oblong-elliptic to oblanceolate, 1-3 cm. long, sub-sessile, serrulate 2/3 their length; stipules narrow, 10-18 mm. long, attached to the petiole over half their length, the free portion acuminate. |
Flowers | Inflorescence of 10- to 50-flowered heads, the heads axillary as well as terminal, 1-2 cm. long, subglobose, without an involucre; flowers white to purplish, 6-12 mm. long, erect but becoming reflexed as the pedicles elongate to up to 6 mm.; calyx glabrous, about equal to the corolla, the tube 10-veined, the 5 teeth fringed, 2-3 times as long as the tube, the upper 2 much the longest. |
Inflorescence of 30- to 100-flowered heads, 10-16 mm. thick, on axillary peduncles longer than the leaves; flowers 5-7 mm. long, yellow, pea-like; calyx glabrous, half the length of the corolla, the upper 2 teeth about half as long as the lower 3, the latter slightly longer than the calyx tube; banner flared and spreading, much longer than the wings and keel. |
Fruits | Pod 1-seeded |
Pod 1-seeded, equal to the attached style. |
Trifolium ciliolatum |
Trifolium aureum |
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Flowering time | April-June | June-September |
Habitat | Wet meadows to rather dry, sandy soil. | Roadsides, fields, lawns, railways, wastelots, and other disturbed open sites. |
Distribution | Occurring east of the Cascades crest in south-central Washington; south-central Washington to California.
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Occurring chiefly west of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to California, east to Montana and Wyoming; also occurring in most of eastern North America.
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Origin | Native | Introduced |
Conservation status | Not of concern | Not of concern |
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