rose clover
Trifolium hirtum
Member of
clovers (genus Trifolium)
legume family (family Fabaceae)
dicots (class Magnoliopsida)
pale purple, pink, other colors in flowering plants
- calyx lobes densely to sparsely plumose, ≫ tube, lower one ± 1–1.5 × others
- hairy on stem, leaflet margins and stipules
- Leaflets: 3, palmate, 1–2.5 cm, obovate
- Bracts: none, but leaf stipules look like pale bracts with dark red veins
- Inflorescence: spheric, ~15–20 mm, many-flowered; sessile above 1–2 ± reduced leaves (with 3 leaflets each) with involucre-like stipules
- Calyx: 7–9 mm, bristle-like, densely plumose
- Corolla: 11–15 mm, generally pink
Chris’s observations: 48 (all are research grade)
Locations:
- Henry Coe SP: 6
- Coyote Lake / Harvey Bear Ranch CP: 5
- Edgewood Park & Natural Preserve: 4
- Rancho Cañada del Oro OSP: 3
- Santa Teresa CP: 3
- Almaden Quicksilver CP: 2
- Calero CP: 2
- Coyote Hills RP: 2
- Fremont Older OSP: 2
- Joseph D. Grant CP: 2
- Máyyan 'Ooyákma Coyote Ridge OSP: 2
- Russian Ridge OSP: 2
- Sierra Azul OSP: 2
- Skyline Ridge OSP: 2
- Stevens Creek CP: 2
- Ed R. Levin CP
- Foothills Nature Preserve, Palo Alto
- La Honda Creek OSP
- Lexington Reservoir CP
- Monte Bello OSP
- Sierra Vista OSP
- Sunol Wilderness RP
Months:
- Mar.: 3
- Apr.: 21
- May: 19
- Jun.: 3
- Jul.: 2
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Bay Area species:
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