Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Trifolium andersonii A.Gray trib. Trifolieae |
Habitat | dry, rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1100-2400m |
Description | densely sericeous, stipules lanceolate, acute, leaflets 3-5, oblanceolate to obovate, 8-20mm long, heads subspherical, 2-4cn broad, flowers 12-15mm, pod tomentose |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | purple |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C basal cuttings in late spring and summer |
Territory |
Northern America
Southwestern U.S.A. (California , Nevada) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | FABACEAE
andersonii beatleyea J.M.Gillett, Canad. J. Bot. 50: 1997 (1972)
andersonii monoense (Greene) Mc.Dermott, Ill. Key Amer. Trifolium 185, pl. 73 (1910)
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