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small carpet clover

Habit Herbs decumbent to ascending, densely hairy; stems from thickened woody taproots, rhizomes absent.
Leaflet

blades obovate or oblanceolate, margins dentate, apex rounded.

Inflorescences

1–9-flowered.

Peduncles

bent upwards at steep angle distally.

Trifolium monanthum subsp. parvum

Phenology Flowering Jun–Sep.
Habitat Wet meadows, stream banks, marshes, snowbelt areas.
Elevation 1500–2900 m. (4900–9500 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
CA
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Discussion

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.
Parent taxa Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Trifolium > Trifolium monanthum
Sibling taxa
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 (Kellogg) J. M. Gillett: Canad. J. Bot. 58: 1435. (1980)
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