Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Trifolium anemophilum Greene trib. Trifolieae |
Bibliography | Pittonia 4: 139 (1900) |
Native Range | Colorado to Wyoming |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | densely caespitose, silvery or grey pubescent, sub acaulescent, leaves crowded, leaflets narrowly linear, floral heads spherical, few-flowered, calyx campanulate |
Size | 3-7cm |
Color | purple |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny 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 late summer |
Synonyms | Trifolium dasyphyllum ssp. anemophilum (Greene) J.M.Gillett Trifolium dasyphyllum var. anemophilum (Greene) J.S.Martin ex Isely Trifolium scariosum A.Nelson |
Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, WYO Wyoming) |