bull clover

Trifolium fucatum

Member of clovers (genus Trifolium)
legume family (family Fabaceae)
dicots (class Magnoliopsida)
cream in flowering plants

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• glabrous
• Leaflets: 3, palmate, 1–2.5 cm, elliptic to ± round, ± entire to toothed
• Bracts: ± free to ½ fused
• Inflorescence: head-like, 5–many-flowered; flowers quickly spreading or reflexed
• Calyx: 4–7 mm, glabrous, longer lobes bristle-like, generally branched
• Corolla: 10–20 mm, dull white or ± yellow, purple-tipped (or not?), banner inflated in fruit
• see also pale sack clover (Trifolium depauperatum var. amplectens)

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Chris’s observations: 3 (all are research grade)

Locations:

• Edgewood Park & Natural Preserve: 2
• Máyyan 'Ooyákma Coyote Ridge OSP

Months:

• Mar.: 1
• Apr.: 2

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Not all sites include this taxon:

• Trifolium fucatum → iNaturalist – Calflora – CalPhotos – Jepson eFlora
• not yet listed → FNA

Bay Area species: iNaturalist – Calflora