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Grant's carpet clover

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carpet clover

Habit Herbs mat-forming, glabrous or sparsely hairy; stems from thin to thick woody roots, rhizomes slender, white. Herbs mat-forming, ± glabrous or nearly so; stems from thin to thick woody roots, rhizomes slender, white.
Leaflet

blades oblanceolate or elliptic, margins setose, apex acute.

blades obovate or oblanceolate, margins ± dentate, apex rounded or retuse.

Inflorescences

1–5-flowered.

(1 or)2–4-flowered.

Peduncles

bent upwards at steep angle distally.

straight.

Trifolium monanthum subsp. grantianum

Trifolium monanthum subsp. monanthum

Phenology Flowering Jun–Sep. Flowering Jun–Sep.
Habitat Wet meadows, stream banks, marshes, snowbelt areas. Wet meadows, stream banks, marshes, snowbelt areas.
Elevation 1700–3100 m. (5600–10200 ft.) 1700–3900 m. (5600–12800 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; Mexico (Baja California)
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from FNA
CA; NV
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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.)

Subspecies monanthum ranges in eastern California from Lassen and Shasta counties in the north, southward to Inyo and Tulare counties, with scattered sites in Contra Costa, Los Angeles, San Bernardino, and Ventura counties; it is widespread in Nevada.

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

Source FNA vol. 11. FNA vol. 11.
Parent taxa Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Trifolium > Trifolium monanthum Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Trifolium > Trifolium monanthum
Sibling taxa
T. monanthum subsp. monanthum, T. monanthum subsp. parvum, T. monanthum subsp. tenerum
T. monanthum subsp. grantianum, 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) unknown
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