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Trifolium depauperatum var. truncatum

Trifolium depauperatum var. depauperatum
Photo is of parent taxon

blunt sack clover, dwarf sack clover, truncate sack clover
Photo is of parent taxon

cowbag clover, dwarf bladder clover, dwarf sack clover, poverty clover
Inflorescences

0.5–1 cm diam.

1–1.5 cm diam.
Involucres

lobes oblong, ± distinct, often with narrow hyaline margins and raised, parallel veins.

reduced to narrow vestigial ring.
Flowers

3–8 mm.

7–10 mm.
Legumes

ovoid or obovoid, 2–3 mm, stipes 0.5–1 mm.

ovoid, 3–4 mm, sessile.

Trifolium depauperatum var. truncatum

Trifolium depauperatum var. depauperatum
Phenology Flowering Mar–Jun. Flowering Mar–Jun.
Habitat Meadows, grassy slopes, lawns. Meadows, grassy slopes, lawns.
Elevation 0–1600 m. (0–5200 ft.) 0–1700 m. (0–5600 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; Mexico (Baja California)
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from FNA
CA; ID; OR; WA; BC; Mexico (Baja California); South America (Chile, Peru)
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Discussion

In the flora area, var. truncatum is found in the North Coast Ranges through the Central Valley to southern California.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Variety depauperatum is known only as a waif in Michigan and South Carolina.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 11. FNA vol. 11.
Parent taxa Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Trifolium > Trifolium depauperatum Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Trifolium > Trifolium depauperatum
Sibling taxa
T. depauperatum var. amplectens, T. depauperatum var. depauperatum
T. depauperatum var. amplectens, T. depauperatum var. truncatum
Synonyms T. franciscanum var. truncatum, T. amplectens var. diversifolium, T. amplectens var. stenophyllum, T. amplectens var. truncatum, T. anodon, T. brachyodon, T. decodon, T. depauperatum var. diversifolium, T. depauperatum var. stenophyllum, T. diversifolium, T. fransiscanum, T. minutiflorum, T. stenophyllum, T. truncatum T. depauperatum var. angustatum, T. depauperatum var. laciniatum, T. laciniatum, T. laciniatum var. angustatum
Name authority (Greene) J. S. Martin ex Isely: Brittonia 32: 56. (1980) unknown
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