Trifolium siskiyouense

Trifolium siskiyouense, the Siskiyou clover, is a clover species endemic to the Klamath Mountains in the western United States.[2]

Trifolium siskiyouense
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Trifolium
Species:
T. siskiyouense
Binomial name
Trifolium siskiyouense
J.M.Gillett
Synonyms[1]
  • Trifolium wormskioldii var. siskiyouense (J.M.Gillett) Isely

Distribution

The plant species is native to northwestern California and southwestern Oregon, in the Klamath Mountains. It is reported from only 5 counties: Shasta and Siskiyou Counties in California; and Josephine, Douglas and Jackson Counties in Oregon.[3]

The type specimen was collected in 1904 near Grants Pass in Josephine County, Oregon.[1] Part of its range is protected within the Klamath National Forest.

The plant grows in wet mountain meadows at elevations of 800–1,400 m (2,600–4,600 ft).[4]

Description

Trifolium siskiyouenseis a glabrous, perennial herb with thickened roots but no rhizomes. Leaves are trifoliate with lanceolate stipules; leaflets are elliptic to oblanceolate, up to 3 cm (1.2 in) long. Flowers are white to cream-colored.[4][5][6][7]

References
  1. Tropicos
  2. USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Trifolium siskiyouense". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
  3. BONAP's (Biota of North America Program) North American Plant Atlas
  4. Jepson Flora Project
  5. Gillett, John Montague. 1980. Taxonomy of Trifolium (Leguminosae). V. The perennial species of section Involucrarium. Canadian Journal of Botany 58: 1425–1448.
  6. Isely, Duane. 1998. Native and Naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the United States 936.
  7. Zohary, M. & D. Heller. 1984. Genus ~Trifolium~ i–x, 1–606. Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Jerusalem.


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