Trifolium macrocephalum
Trifolium incarnatum
big-head clover, large-head clover
crimson clover
Leaves with 5-9 leaflets, these rather thick, oblanceolate to obcordate, 1.5-2.5 cm. long;
stipules ovate-lanceolate, their margins lacerate.
Heads mostly solitary and terminal, 3-5 cm. broad and long, the peduncles exceeding the leaves;
flowers 22-28 mm. long, pale pinkish to rose-pink, spreading to erect, the pedicels very short;
calyx 2/3 as long as the corolla, the 5 teeth awl-shaped, plumose, many times as long as the tube.
Pod 1-seeded.
Trifolium macrocephalum
Trifolium incarnatum
Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; Washington, south through eastern Oregon, east to Idaho and Nevada.
Occurring west of the Cascades crest in the Puget Trough lowlands; British Columbia to California, east across much of North America to the Atlantic Coast.
- Local floras:
BC, 
CA, 
OR, 
WA - Local Web sites: CalFlora, CalPhotos,
Flora NW, 
PNW Herbaria 
WildflowerSearch
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USDA Plants Database- LBJ Wildflower Center
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- Encyclopedia of Life
- Wikipedia
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