Flora of North America species comparison

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Trifolium monanthum subsp. grantianum
Photo is of parent taxon

Grant's carpet clover
Habit Herbs mat-forming, glabrous or sparsely hairy; stems from thin to thick woody roots, rhizomes slender, white.
Leaflet

blades oblanceolate or elliptic, margins setose, apex acute.
Inflorescences

1–5-flowered.
Peduncles

bent upwards at steep angle distally.

Trifolium monanthum subsp. grantianum
Phenology Flowering Jun–Sep.
Habitat Wet meadows, stream banks, marshes, snowbelt areas.
Elevation 1700–3100 m. (5600–10200 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; Mexico (Baja California)
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Discussion

Subspecies grantianum is found in Los Angeles, San Bernardino, and Tulare counties in California, and the Sierra de San Pedro Mártir in Baja California, Mexico.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 11.
Parent taxa Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Trifolium > Trifolium monanthum
Sibling taxa
T. monanthum subsp. monanthum, T. monanthum subsp. parvum, T. monanthum subsp. tenerum
Synonyms T. grantianum, T. monanthum var. grantianum, T. simulans
Name authority (A. Heller) J. M. Gillett: Canad. J. Bot. 58: 1434. (1980)
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