Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Trifolium dasyphyllum Torr. & A.Gray trib. Trifolieae |
Synonyms | Trifolium lividum Rydb. |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 2150-3900m |
Description | thick taproot, stem procumbent, leaflets 3, linear to narrowly oblanceolate, 7-30mm long, head 5-30-flowered, spherical, flowers 1-2cm long |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | purple, whitish yellow |
Bloom | late summer |
Ca | |
Type | carpet |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C basal cuttings in late spring and summer |
Territory |
Northern America
Northwestern U.S.A. Southwestern U.S.A. South-Central U.S.A. |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | FABACEAE
dasyphyllum typicum ined.
dasyphyllum anemophilum (Greene) J.M.Gillett, Brittonia 17: 125 (1965)
asyphyllum uintense (Rydb.) McDermott, Ill. Key Amer. Trifolium 168 (1910)
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