Trifolium siskiyouense
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Trifolium
Species:
T. siskiyouense
Binomial name
Trifolium siskiyouense
J.M.Gillett
Synonyms[1]
  • Trifolium wormskioldii var. siskiyouense (J.M.Gillett) Isely

Trifolium siskiyouense, the Siskiyou clover, is a clover species endemic to the Klamath Mountains in the western United States.[2]

Distribution

The plant species is native to northwestern California and southwestern Oregon, in the Klamath Mountains. It is reported from only 5 counties: Shasta and Siskiyou Counties in California; and Josephine, Douglas and Jackson Counties in Oregon.[3]

The type specimen was collected in 1904 near Grants Pass in Josephine County, Oregon.[1] Part of its range is protected within the Klamath National Forest.

The plant grows in wet mountain meadows at elevations of 800–1,400 m (2,600–4,600 ft).[4]

Description

Trifolium siskiyouenseis a glabrous, perennial herb with thickened roots but no rhizomes. Leaves are trifoliate with lanceolate stipules; leaflets are elliptic to oblanceolate, up to 3 cm (1.2 in) long. Flowers are white to cream-colored.[4][5][6][7]

References

  1. ^ a b Tropicos
  2. ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Trifolium siskiyouense". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
  3. ^ BONAP's (Biota of North America Program) North American Plant Atlas
  4. ^ a b Jepson Flora Project
  5. ^ Gillett, John Montague. 1980. Taxonomy of Trifolium (Leguminosae). V. The perennial species of section Involucrarium. Canadian Journal of Botany 58: 1425–1448.
  6. ^ Isely, Duane. 1998. Native and Naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the United States 936.
  7. ^ Zohary, M. & D. Heller. 1984. Genus ~Trifolium~ i–x, 1–606. Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Jerusalem.


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