tree clover

Trifolium ciliolatum

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

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• ± glabrous
• Leaflets: 3, palmate, 1–3 cm, oblanceolate to obovate, serrate
• Bracts: inconspicuous, often in a ring at base of head
• Inflorescence: head-like, 7–20 mm wide, ovate or spheric; axis occasionally exserted; pedicels in age 3–6 mm; flowers soon reflexed
• Calyx: 5–6 mm, tube glabrous, lobes unequal, ciliate with short, flat bristles (or, through breakage, bristle bases)
• Corolla: ± ≥ calyx, pink to purple

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

Locations:

• Henry Coe SP: 3
• Stevens Creek CP
• Sunol Wilderness RP

Months:

• Apr.: 2
• May: 3

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Not all sites include this taxon:

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

Bay Area species: iNaturalist – Calflora