Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Trifolium parryi A.Gray trib. Trifolieae |
Bibliography | Amer. J. Sci. Arts, ser. 2, 33: 409 (1862) |
Native Range | wc. USA |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Description | leaflets 3, broadly elliptic to obovate, 1-4cm long, petiole 1-6cm, heads subspherical, 10-35mm broad, 4-30-flowered, above leaves |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | dark reddish purple |
Bloom | late summer |
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Type | perennial |
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 basal cuttings in late spring and summer |
Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, WYO Wyoming) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico) |