tomcat clover
Trifolium willdenovii
Member of
clovers (genus Trifolium)
legume family (family Fabaceae)
dicots (class Magnoliopsida)
purple, pale purple in flowering plants
- calyx lobes ± ≤ tube, often toothed or shouldered below tapered tip
- calyx tube splitting between upper lobes
- flower 9–18 mm
- involucre > 3 mm, cut < ½ to base
- inflorescence generally 12–30 mm wide, often > 15-flowered
- calyx glabrous, not bumpy, lobes entire or 3-toothed
- leaflets serrate, teeth < 1 mm
- glabrous all over
- Leaflets: 1–5 cm, linear to obovate, serrate, teeth < 1 mm
- Bracts: fused together; wheel-shaped, sharply lobed or dissected
- Inflorescence: head-like, 1.5–3 cm wide, generally lobed, many-flowered except on small plants
- Calyx: 6–10 mm, shiny
- Corolla: 8–15 mm, lavender to purple, tip generally white
Chris’s observations: 43 (41 are research grade)
Locations:
- Henry Coe SP: 9
- Edgewood Park & Natural Preserve: 5
- Calero CP: 3
- Russian Ridge OSP: 3
- Almaden Quicksilver CP: 2
- Big Basin SP: 2
- Castle Rock SP: 2
- Joseph D. Grant CP: 2
- Máyyan 'Ooyákma Coyote Ridge OSP: 2
- Sunol Wilderness RP: 2
- Coal Creek OSP
- Fort Ord NM
- Hidden Villa, Los Altos Hills
- Pacheco SP
- Purisima Creek Redwoods OSP
- Rancho Cañada del Oro OSP
- Sanborn CP
- Santa Teresa CP
- Skyline Ridge OSP
- Stevens Creek CP
- Wilder Ranch SP
Months:
- Mar.: 1
- Apr.: 26
- May: 9
- Jun.: 7
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Bay Area species:
iNaturalist
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Calflora
