Trifolium pratense (Red Clover) - Non-Native

7/8/07 Clover (Trifolium pratense), North Grove meadow/picnic area. Calaveras Big Trees State Park, Central Sierras, Calaveras County, CA

LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: Red Clover

SPECIES: Trifolium pratense

FAMILY: Fabaceae (Pea Family)

LIFE LIST DATE: 7/8/2007

LOCATION: North Grove meadow/picnic area. Calaveras Big Trees State Park, Central Sierras, Calaveras County, CA

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Treatment from Jepson eFlora:

NATURALIZED

Habit: Perennial herb, generally hairy. 

Stem: ascending. 

Leaf: cauline; stipules bristle-tipped; leaflets 1.5--3.5 cm, elliptic to obovate, +- entire. 

Inflorescence: terminal, above pair of reduced leaves, head-like, 2--3 cm wide; peduncle 0. 

Flower: calyx 4.5--7.5 mm, tube 10-veined, lobes +- >= tube, bristle-like, straight, sparsely plumose; corolla 11--15 mm, generally red-purple. 

Fruit: circumscissile. 

Seed: 1--2. 

Ecology: Disturbed areas; 

Elevation: 0--2900 m. 

Bioregional Distribution: CA-FP, n GB; 

Distribution Outside California: United States, especially northern, Canada; native to Europe. 

Flowering Time: Apr--Oct 

Note: Important forage crop. 

Jepson eFlora Author: Michael A. Vincent & Duane Isely