Biology:Trifolium virginicum

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Short description: Species of plant in the genus Clematis

Trifolium virginicum
Kate's Mountain Clover - Trifolium virginicum, Green Ridge State Forest, Flintstone, Maryland.jpg
Habit
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Trifolium
Species:
T. virginicum
Binomial name
Trifolium virginicum
Synonyms[1]
  • Trifolium reflexum var. virginicum (Small) McDermott

Trifolium virginicum, the Kate's Mountain clover, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It is native to West Virginia and Virginia in the United States, growing only on the Piedmont mafic barren, with Kate's Mountain as the type locality.[1][2] Trifolium virginicum is the symbol of the West Virginia Native Plant Society, which claims it can also be found in Maryland and Pennsylvania.[3]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q15544695 entry