''Trifolium lemmonii'' is a species of
clover known by the common name Lemmon's clover.
Distribution
The plant is
endemic to the northern
Sierra Nevada
The Sierra Nevada () is a mountain range in the Western United States, between the Central Valley of California and the Great Basin. The vast majority of the range lies in the state of California, although the Carson Range spur lies primarily ...
in eastern
California and just into
Nevada.
It is a resident of the coniferous forests and sagebrush of the High Sierra.
Some populations are protected within the
Plumas National Forest and
Tahoe National Forest. It is
California Department of Fish and Wildlife
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW), formerly known as the California Department of Fish and Game (CDFG), is a state agency under the California Natural Resources Agency. The Department of Fish and Wildlife manages and protect ...
and
IUCN
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN; officially International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources) is an international organization working in the field of nature conservation and sustainable use of natu ...
listed
Vulnerable species, and is on the
California Native Plant Society Inventory of Rare and Endangered Plants.
California Native Plant Society, Inventory of Rare and Endangered Plants (online edition, v8-02): ''Trifolium lemmonii''
. accessed 2.28.2016.
Description
''Trifolium lemmonii'' is a perennial herb spreading to form a mat or low clump. Each leaf is made up of 3 to 7 thick oval leaflets. The leaflets are 1 to 2 centimeters long, toothed on the edges, and coated in rough hairs.
The inflorescence is a spherical umbel roughly 2 centimeters wide borne on an erect, arching peduncle Peduncle may refer to:
*Peduncle (botany), a stalk supporting an inflorescence, which is the part of the shoot of seed plants where flowers are formed
*Peduncle (anatomy), a stem, through which a mass of tissue is attached to a body
**Peduncle (art ...
. The flowers spread and droop from their attachment. Each has a hairy calyx of sepals with narrow, bristlelike lobes. The flower corolla is pale pink in color and just over a centimeter in length.
References
External links
Calflora Database: ''Trifolium lemmonii'' (Lemmon's clover)Jepson Manual eFlora (TJM2) treatment of ''Trifolium lemmonii''UC CalPhotos gallery: ''Trifolium lemmonii''
lemmonii
Flora of California
Flora of Nevada
Flora of the Sierra Nevada (United States)
Endemic flora of the United States
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Flora without expected TNC conservation status
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