Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Trifolium elmeri Greene trib. Trifolieae |
Bibliography | Pittonia 3: 223 (1897) |
Native Range | Oregon to California |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | alluvial gravel |
Altitude | 600-2400m |
Description | glabrous, stems erect, leaves petiolate, leaflets 3, elliptic-lanceolate, acute, distinctly dentate, 4-6cm, floral heads subspherical, ca. 3cm broad, calyx lanate |
Size | 20-35cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, sunny site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, sun |
Propagation | |
Synonyms | Trifolium longipes var. elmeri McDermott Trifolium longipes ssp. elmeri (Greene) J.M.Gillett |
Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (ORE Oregon) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (CAL California) |