| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Trifolium attenuatum Greene trib. Trifolieae |
| Synonyms | Trifolium bracteolatum Rydb. |
| Trifolium lilacinum Rydb. | |
| Trifolium petraeum Greene | |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Altitude | alpine |
| Description | leaflets narrowly linear, attenuate, 1-4cm long, entire, sparsely hirsute, peduncles sparsely strigose, calyx sparsely lanate, lobes subulate, corolla 15-18mm long |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| Color | reddish purple |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | carpet |
| Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
| Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C division in spring; basal cuttings in late spring and summer |
| Territory |
Northern America
Northwestern U.S.A. (Colorado ) South-Central U.S.A. (New Mexico) |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
| Comments | FABACEAE
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