''Trifolium willdenovii'', the tomcat clover, is a
species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...
of
plant
Plants are predominantly photosynthetic eukaryotes of the kingdom Plantae. Historically, the plant kingdom encompassed all living things that were not animals, and included algae and fungi; however, all current definitions of Plantae exclu ...
in the pea family
Fabaceae. This species occurs in the western part of
North America. As an example occurrence, it is found in the
California Coast Ranges
The Coast Ranges of California span from Del Norte or Humboldt County, California, south to Santa Barbara County. The other three coastal California mountain ranges are the Transverse Ranges, Peninsular Ranges and the Klamath Mountains.
P ...
in such places as
Ring Mountain, California
Ring Mountain is an elevated landform on the Tiburon Peninsula in Marin County, California. This mountain was named for George E. Ring, who served as a Marin County Supervisor from 1895 to 1903.
A number of rare and endangered flora inhabit R ...
, where it is found in association with
cup clover.
[C. Michael Hogan. 2008]
References
* C. Michael Hogan. 2008. ''Ring Mountain'', The Megalithic Portal, ed. Andy Burnha
* John Harry Wiersema and Blanca León. 1999. ''World Economic Plants: A Standard Reference'', Published by CRC Press, , , 749 pages
External links
Calflora Database: ''Trifolium willdenovii'' (Tomcat clover)Jepson Manual eFlora (TJM2) treatment of ''Trifolium willdenovii''UC CalPhotos gallery: ''Trifolium willdenovii''
Burke Herbarium
Trifolium, willdenovii
Flora of California
Flora of British Columbia
Flora of the Northwestern United States
Flora of the Sierra Nevada (United States)
Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands
Natural history of the California Coast Ranges
Natural history of the Central Valley (California)
Natural history of the San Francisco Bay Area
Flora without expected TNC conservation status
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