Trifolium macrocephalum

Trifolium macrocephalum
Inflorescence
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Genus:	Trifolium
Species:	T. macrocephalum
Binomial name
Trifolium macrocephalum (Pursh) Poir.

Trifolium macrocephalum is a species of clover known by the common name largehead clover.^[1]

It is native to the Great Basin region of the western United States, from Washington to northern California, and Nevada to Idaho. It occurs in several types of habitat, including sagebrush scrub, , yellow pine forest, and mountain woodlands.

Description[]

Trifolium macrocephalum is a rhizomatous perennial herb taking an upright form. The herbage is hairy. The leaves are made up of 5 to 9 thick oval leaflets each measuring up to 2.5 centimeters in length.

The inflorescence is crowded, egg-shaped and up to 5 or 6 centimeters long. Each flower has a calyx of sepals with lobes narrowing into bristles which are coated in long woolly hairs. The flower corolla may be nearly 3 centimeters in length and is pink in color, or sometimes bicolored.

References[]

External links[]

• Media related to Trifolium macrocephalum at Wikimedia Commons
• Calflora Database: Trifolium macrocephalum (Big headed clover, Largehead clover)
• Jepson Manual eFlora (TJM2) treatment of Trifolium macrocephalum^{[permanent dead link]}
• Washington Burke Museum
• UC CalPhotos gallery: Trifolium macrocephalum

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