''Trifolium willdenovii'', the tomcat clover, is a
species
A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...
of
plant
Plants are the eukaryotes that form the Kingdom (biology), kingdom Plantae; they are predominantly Photosynthesis, photosynthetic. This means that they obtain their energy from sunlight, using chloroplasts derived from endosymbiosis with c ...
in the pea family
Fabaceae
Fabaceae () or Leguminosae,[International Code of Nomen ...](_blank)
. This species occurs in the western part of
North America
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. As an example occurrence, it is found in the
California Coast Ranges
The Coast Ranges of California span from Del Norte County, California, Del Norte or Humboldt County, California, south to Santa Barbara County, California, Santa Barbara County. The other three coastal California mountain ranges are the Trans ...
in such places as
Ring Mountain, California, 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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