Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Trifolium shastense House trib. Trifolieae |
Bibliography | Bot. Gaz. 41: 336 (1906) |
Native Range | California |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland and woods |
Altitude | 1400-2700m |
Description | stems and basal parts of leaves sericeous-hirsute, leaflets lanceolate, cuneate, aristate-acuminate, distinctly sharply denticulate, adaxially glabrous, heads subspherical |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | lavender, purple |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C division in spring; basal cuttings in late spring and summer |
Synonyms | Trifolium longipes var. shastense (House) Jeps. Trifolium longipes ssp. shastense (House) J.M.Gillett Trifolium rusbyi ssp. shastense (House) D.Heller & Zohary |
Territory | 7 Northern America 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (CAL California) |