Trifolium eriocephalum
{{short description|Species of flowering plant in the bean family Fabaceae}}
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| genus = Trifolium
| species = eriocephalum
| authority = Nutt.
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Trifolium eriocephalum is a species of clover known by the common name woollyhead clover{{PLANTS|id=TRER2|taxon=Trifolium eriocephalum|accessdate=15 December 2015}} or hairy head clover.
Distribution
The plant is native to the north-western United States, and to California, Nevada, and Utah.
It is a common plant of several types of habitat, including Coast redwood forest, coastal prairie, mixed evergreen forest, and yellow pine forest.[http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-calrecnum=10430 Calflora: Trifolium eriocephalum]
Description
Trifolium eriocephalum is a hairy perennial herb producing an upright, unbranched stem. The leaves are made up of oval leaflets up to 4 centimeters long.
The inflorescence is a head of flowers up to 3 centimeters long with flowers spreading and soon drooping. The flower has a densely hairy, tubular calyx of sepals with long, narrow linear lobes that may bend outward. The white or yellowish corolla may be up to 1.4 centimeters long.
=Subspecies=
- Trifolium eriocephalum ssp. cusickii — Cusick's clover, Great Basin region.[http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-taxon=Trifolium+eriocephalum+ssp.+cusickii Calflora: Trifolium eriocephalum ssp. cusickii]
- Trifolium eriocephalum ssp. eriocephalum [http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-taxon=Trifolium+eriocephalum+ssp.+eriocephalum Calflora: Trifolium eriocephalum ssp. eriocephalum]
References
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External links
- [http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-calrecnum=10430 Calflora Database: Trifolium eriocephalum (Woollyhead clover)]
- [http://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=TRER2 USDA Plants Profile for Trifolium eriocephalum (woollyhead clover)]
- [https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=53235 Jepson Manual eFlora (TJM2) treatment of Trifolium eriocephalum var. eriocephalum]
- [http://biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/imagecollection.php?Genus=Trifolium&Species=eriocephalum Washington Burke Museum]
- [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Trifolium+eriocephalum UC CalPhotos gallery: Trifolium eriocephalum]
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Category:Flora of the Northwestern United States
Category:Flora of the Klamath Mountains
Category:Flora without expected TNC conservation status
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