familyFabaceae
subfamilyFabaceae subfam. Faboideae
genusTrifolium
speciesTrifolium longipes
subspeciesTrifolium longipes subsp. reflexum
Trifolium longipes subsp. reflexum
Canad. J. Bot. 47: 105. 1969.
Common names: Reflexed longstalk clover
IllustratedEndemic
Basionym: Trifolium longipes var. reflexum A. Nelson Wyoming Agric. Exp. Sta. Bull. 28: 94. 1896
Synonyms: T. rydbergii Greene
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 11.
Herbs 15–37 cm; rhizomatous; roots usually not thickened, if so, then crown of rhizomes above thickened portion. Inflorescences 10–20-flowered, hemispheric, obconic, or subglobose, 2–3 cm diam. Pedicels strongly reflexed in fruit, stout, to 1 mm. Flowers 13–15 mm; calyx sparsely pilose or curly-pilose at sinuses, often glabrous proximally; corolla white, cream, or violet, banner apex acute or acuminate. 2n = 24, 48.
Phenology: Flowering May–Jul.
Habitat: Moist meadows.
Elevation: 1000–3600 m.
Distribution
Ariz., Colo., Idaho, Mont., N.Mex., Oreg., Utah, Wash., Wyo.
Discussion
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Lower Taxa
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