''Trifolium gracilentum'' is a species of

clover Clovers, also called trefoils, are plants of the genus ''Trifolium'' (), consisting of about 300 species of flowering plants in the legume family Fabaceae originating in Europe. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution with the highest diversit ...

known by the common names pinpoint clover and slender clover. It is native to western North America including the west coast of the United States and northwestern Mexico, where it grows in many types of habitat, including disturbed areas. It is an annual herb growing prostrate to erect in form with mostly hairless or slightly hairy herbage. The leaves are made up of lance-shaped to oval leaflets. The

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is an umbel of flowers that spread out or flex downward. The flowers have pink or purple corollas less than a centimeter long. One variety of this species, var. ''palmeri'', is a rare plant limited to the Channel Islands of California; it is sometimes treated as a species in its own right, ''Trifolium palmeri''.California Native Plant Society Rare Plant Profile

Subspecies

''Trifolium gracilentum'' used to be classified with two varieties: *''Trifolium gracilentum'' var. ''gracilentum'' *''Trifolium gracilentum'' var. ''palmeri''

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External links

Calflora Database: ''Trifolium gracilentum'' (Graceful clover, Pin point clover, Pinpoint clover)Jepson Manual eFlora (TJM2) treatment of ''Trifolium gracilentum''UC CalPhotos gallery: ''Trifolium gracilentum''
gracilentum Flora of California Flora of Baja California Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands Natural history of the California Coast Ranges Natural history of the Channel Islands of California Natural history of the Peninsular Ranges Natural history of the San Francisco Bay Area Natural history of the Transverse Ranges Flora without expected TNC conservation status {{Trifolieae-stub