Trifolium eriocephalum
Species of flowering plant
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Trifolium eriocephalum is a species of clover known by the common name woollyhead clover[1] or hairy head clover.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Genus: | Trifolium |
| Species: | T. eriocephalum |
| Binomial name | |
| Trifolium eriocephalum | |
Description
Trifolium eriocephalum is a hairy perennial herb producing an upright, unbranched stem. The leaves are made up of oval leaflets up to 4 centimeters (1+1⁄2 in) long.
The inflorescence is a head of flowers up to 3 cm (1+1⁄4 in) long with flowers spreading and soon drooping. The flower has a densely hairy, tubular calyx of sepals with long, narrow linear lobes that may bend outward. The white or yellowish corolla may be up to 1.4 cm long.
Subspecies
- Trifolium eriocephalum ssp. cusickii – Cusick's clover, Great Basin region.[2]
- Trifolium eriocephalum ssp. eriocephalum [3]
Distribution and habitat
The plant is native to the northwestern United States, and to California, Nevada, and Utah.
It is a common plant of several types of habitat, including Coast redwood forest, coastal prairie, mixed evergreen forest, and yellow pine forest.[4]
