Trifolium depauperatum var. amplectens

Pale sack clover, Pale Sack Clover

Family: Fabaceae · Type: annual · Native

Pale sack clover is a California native annual found in the Great Valley, San Francisco Bay Area, and south coastal ranges in grasslands and coastal woodlands at elevations below 800 meters. Flowering from April to June, this plant produces pale flowers with an involucre of 4 to 5 bracts that have widely scarious margins with toothed tips. Growing with delicate stems that spread or sprawl close to the ground, it forms compact clusters of small flowers. Its leaves are trifoliate, typically with small leaflets arranged in a cloverlike pattern. The fruit is an oblong structure slightly longer than the flower's style, containing 2 to 5 seeds.

Habitat: Grassland, coastal woodland

Bloom period: Apr-Jun

Elevation: < 800 m

Bioregions: GV, SnFrB, SCoR.

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.