Trifolium longipes subsp. multipedunculatum
Canad. J. Bot. 47: 101. 1969.
Common names: Multistalk clover
Endemic
Basionym: Trifolium multipedunculatum P. B. Kennedy Muhlenbergia 5: 59, plate 2. 1909
Synonyms: T. longipes var. multipedunculatum (P. B. Kennedy) J. S. Martin ex Isely T. rusbyi subsp. multipedunculatum (P. B. Kennedy) D. Heller & Zohary
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 11.
Herbs 10–17 cm; usually not rhizomatous; roots slender, or taproots bearing a cluster of rhizomes. Inflorescences 10–25-flowered, globose, 2–3 cm diam. Pedicels (at least proximal, often all) strongly reflexed in fruit, slender, 1.5–2 mm. Flowers 12–14 mm; calyx curly-pubescent at sinuses; corolla purple, sometimes keel petals white, banner, wing, and, often, keel apices beaked. 2n = 32, 48.
Phenology: Flowering Jun–Aug.
Habitat: Open pine or spruce-fir forest to alpine, on talus, rocky places, meadows.
Elevation: 2000–3000 m.
Distribution
Calif., Oreg., Wash.
Discussion
Subspecies multipedunculatum is found in Modoc County in California, Crook, Grant, Harney, Lake, Union, and Wallowa counties in Oregon, and in Kittitas County in Washington.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.