Trifolium longipes

Trifolium longipes is a species of clover known by the common name longstalk clover.^[3]

Clade:Tracheophytes

Clade:Angiosperms

Clade:Eudicots

Clade:Rosids

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Trifolium longipes
Conservation status
Secure (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Faboideae
Genus:	Trifolium
Species:	T. longipes
Binomial name
Trifolium longipes Nutt.
Subspecies[2]
Trifolium longipes subsp. atrorubens (Greene) J.M.Gillett Trifolium longipes subsp. caurinum (Piper) J.M.Gillett Trifolium longipes subsp. elmeri (Greene) J.M.Gillett Trifolium longipes subsp. hansenii (Greene) J.M.Gillett Trifolium longipes subsp. longipes Trifolium longipes subsp. multipedunculatum (P.B.Kenn.) J.M.Gillett Trifolium longipes subsp. neurophyllum (Greene) J.M.Gillett Trifolium longipes subsp. oreganum (Howell) J.M.Gillett Trifolium longipes subsp. pedunculatum (Rydb.) J.M.Gillett Trifolium longipes subsp. pygmaeum (A.Gray) J.M.Gillett Trifolium longipes subsp. reflexum (A.Nelson) J.M.Gillett Trifolium longipes subsp. shastense (House) J.M.Gillett

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It is a perennial herb with leaves made up of 2 to 5 leaflets which vary in shape. The inflorescence is a head of flowers up to 3 centimeters (1+1⁄4 in) wide with white to purplish or bicolored corollas. There are many subspecies and varieties which exist in different regions and differ slightly in appearance.

The species is native to the western United States, where it occurs in many types of habitats such as meadows, valleys, lower mountains, and subalpine slopes.^[4]