Flora of North America species comparison

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Trifolium monanthum subsp. monanthum

Trifolium monanthum subsp. parvum
Photo is of parent taxon

carpet clover
Photo is of parent taxon

small carpet clover
Habit Herbs mat-forming, ± glabrous or nearly so; stems from thin to thick woody roots, rhizomes slender, white. Herbs decumbent to ascending, densely hairy; stems from thickened woody taproots, rhizomes absent.
Leaflet

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

blades obovate or oblanceolate, margins dentate, apex rounded.
Inflorescences

(1 or)2–4-flowered.

1–9-flowered.
Peduncles

straight.

bent upwards at steep angle distally.

Trifolium monanthum subsp. monanthum

Trifolium monanthum subsp. parvum
Phenology Flowering Jun–Sep. Flowering Jun–Sep.
Habitat Wet meadows, stream banks, marshes, snowbelt areas. Wet meadows, stream banks, marshes, snowbelt areas.
Elevation 1700–3900 m. (5600–12800 ft.) 1500–2900 m. (4900–9500 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; NV
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from FNA
CA
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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.)

Subspecies parvum is known from the Cascade Range and Sierra 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. grantianum, T. monanthum subsp. parvum, T. monanthum subsp. tenerum
T. monanthum subsp. grantianum, T. monanthum subsp. monanthum, T. monanthum subsp. tenerum
Synonyms T. pauciflorum var. parvum, T. monanthum var. parvum, T. multicaule, T. parvum
Name authority unknown (Kellogg) J. M. Gillett: Canad. J. Bot. 58: 1435. (1980)
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