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carpet clover

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

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

Inflorescences

(1 or)2–4-flowered.

Peduncles

straight.

Trifolium monanthum subsp. monanthum

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

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.
Parent taxa Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Trifolium > Trifolium monanthum
Sibling taxa
T. monanthum subsp. grantianum, T. monanthum subsp. parvum, T. monanthum subsp. tenerum
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