Biology:Trifolium depauperatum
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Genus: | Trifolium |
| Species: | T. depauperatum
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| Binomial name | |
| Trifolium depauperatum Desv.
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Trifolium depauperatum is a species of clover known by the common names cowbag clover,[1] poverty clover,[2] and balloon sack clover.
Distribution
The plant is native to western North America from British Columbia to California , as well as to western South America in Peru and Chile . It is a common plant of many types of habitat, including coastal prairie and mixed evergreen forest.[3]
Description
Trifolium depauperatum is a small annual herb growing upright or decumbent in form. The leaves are made up of oval leaflets up to 2 centimeters long which are smooth, toothed, lobed, or blunt-tipped. The inflorescence is a head of flowers up to 1.5 centimeters long. The flower has a pinkish purple white-tipped corolla up to a centimeter long. It becomes inflated as the fruit developed.
Subspecies
Trifolium depauperatum has several varieties, which can include:
- Trifolium depauperatum var. amplectens — Balloon sack clover, Pale bladder clover.[4]
- Trifolium depauperatum var. depauperatum — Cowbag clover.[5]
- Trifolium depauperatum var. hydrophilum
- Trifolium depauperatum var. truncatum — Dwarf sack clover.[6]
References
- ↑ "Trifolium depauperatum". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=TRDE. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
- ↑ (xls) BSBI List 2007, Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland, https://bsbi.org/download/3542/, retrieved 2014-10-17
- ↑ Calflora: Trifolium depauperatum
- ↑ Calflora: Trifolium depauperatum var. amplectens
- ↑ Calflora: Trifolium depauperatum var. depauperatum
- ↑ Calflora: Trifolium depauperatum var. truncatum
External links
- Calflora Database: Trifolium depauperatum (Cowbag clover, Dwarf sack clover, Pale sack clover)
- Jepson Manual eFlora (TJM2) treatment of Trifolium depauperatum
- {{citation
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Wikidata ☰ Q12846677 entry
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