Trifolium ciliolatum
Trifolium vesiculosum
foothill clover, tree clover
arrow-leaf clover
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.
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.
Pod 1-seeded
Trifolium ciliolatum
Trifolium vesiculosum
Occurring east of the Cascades crest in south-central Washington; south-central Washington to California.
Occurring in a few locations west of the Cascades crest in lowland western Washington; Washington to California; also in the south-central and southeastern U.S.
- Local floras:
CA, 
OR, 
WA - Local Web sites: CalFlora, CalPhotos,
Flora NW, 
PNW Herbaria 
WildflowerSearch
iNaturalist (observations)
USDA Plants Database- LBJ Wildflower Center
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- Encyclopedia of Life
- Wikipedia
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