Trifolium virginicum

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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
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[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Trifolium virginicum Small". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  2. ^ Dingwell, Sue (14 January 2018). "Kates Mountain Clover: Trifolium virginicum". vnps.org. Virginia Native Plant Society. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Kate's Mountain Clover Triflolium virginicum". vnps.org. Virginia Native Plant Society. 14 January 2018. Retrieved 5 July 2021.


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