Trifolium trichocalyx

Trifolium trichocalyx

Critically Imperiled  (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Trifolieae
Genus: Trifolium
Species: T. trichocalyx
Binomial name
Trifolium trichocalyx

Trifolium trichocalyx is a species of clover[1] known by the common name Monterey clover.[2]

Distribution

Trifolium trichocalyx is endemic to Monterey County, California, where it is known only from the Monterey Peninsula, in a closed-cone pine forest habitat.[3]

It occurs in the Del Monte Forest with flora associates Potentilla hickmanii and Piperia yadonii.[4] This species is listed as endangered by the U.S. Federal Government and the state of California.

See also

References

  1. Jepson Manual Treatment
  2. "Trifolium trichocalyx". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
  3. California Native Plant Society Rare Plant Profile
  4. C. Michael Hogan and Michael P. Frankis. 2009. Monterey Cypress: Cupressus macrocarpa, GlobalTwitcher.com ed. N. Stromberg Archived 2017-09-06 at the Wayback Machine.
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