cowbag clover

Trifolium depauperatum

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

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purple sack clover
Trifolium depauperatum var. truncatum

• involucre bracts ± free
• corolla has at least some distinct red-purple color?

pale sack clover
Trifolium depauperatum var. amplectens

• involucre bracts ± free or partially fused
• no more than a pale blush of red-purple color?
• see also bull clover (Trifolium fucatum)

dwarf sack clover
Trifolium depauperatum var. depauperatum

• no involucre bracts
• not to be confused with the calyx lobes of individual flowers

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1 observed taxon / 2 unobserved taxons / 1 key

Chris’s observations: 6 (5 are research grade)

Locations:

• Henry Coe SP: 3
• Edgewood Park & Natural Preserve: 2
• Russian Ridge OSP

Months:

• Apr.: 6

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Not all sites include this taxon:

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

Bay Area species: iNaturalist – Calflora