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big-head clover, large-head clover

Habit Pubescent perennial from a thick root and rhizomes, the stems erect, 1-3 dm. tall.
Leaves

Leaves with 5-9 leaflets, these rather thick, oblanceolate to obcordate, 1.5-2.5 cm. long;

stipules ovate-lanceolate, their margins lacerate.

Flowers

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.

Fruits

Pod 1-seeded.

Trifolium macrocephalum

Trifolium kingii

Flowering time April-June
Habitat Shrub-steppe, sagebrush desert and ponderosa pine woodlands.
Distribution
Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; Washington, south through eastern Oregon, east to Idaho and Nevada.
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Origin Native
Conservation status Not of concern
Sibling taxa
T. albopurpureum, T. arvense, T. aureum, T. bifidum, T. campestre, T. cernuum, T. ciliolatum, T. cyathiferum, T. depauperatum, T. dichotomum, T. douglasii, T. dubium, T. eriocephalum, T. fragiferum, T. glomeratum, T. gracilentum, T. hirtum, T. hybridum, T. incarnatum, T. latifolium, T. longipes, T. microcephalum, T. microdon, T. oliganthum, T. plumosum, T. pratense, T. repens, T. resupinatum, T. retusum, T. striatum, T. subterraneum, T. suffocatum, T. thompsonii, T. variegatum, T. vesiculosum, T. willdenovii, T. wormskioldii
T. albopurpureum, T. arvense, T. aureum, T. bifidum, T. campestre, T. cernuum, T. ciliolatum, T. cyathiferum, T. depauperatum, T. dichotomum, T. douglasii, T. dubium, T. eriocephalum, T. fragiferum, T. glomeratum, T. gracilentum, T. hirtum, T. hybridum, T. incarnatum, T. latifolium, T. longipes, T. macrocephalum, T. microcephalum, T. microdon, T. oliganthum, T. plumosum, T. pratense, T. repens, T. resupinatum, T. retusum, T. striatum, T. subterraneum, T. suffocatum, T. thompsonii, T. variegatum, T. vesiculosum, T. willdenovii, T. wormskioldii
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