familyFabaceae
subfamilyFabaceae subfam. Faboideae
genusTrifolium
speciesTrifolium longipes
subspeciesTrifolium longipes subsp. longipes
Trifolium longipes subsp. longipes
Endemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 11.
Herbs 15–30 cm; not rhizomatous; roots thickened, often fusiform. Inflorescences 15–40-flowered, subglobose, 1–2 cm diam. Pedicels erect or proximalmost horizontal or slightly reflexed in fruit, stout, to 1 mm. Flowers 10–12 mm; calyx sparsely hairy or glabrous; corolla white, banner and wing apices slender-acuminate. 2n = 16.
Phenology: Flowering May–Aug.
Habitat: Boggy meadows.
Elevation: 1000–2000 m.
Discussion
Subspecies longipes occurs in west-central Oregon and central Washington.
Selected References
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Lower Taxa
None.