Trifolium longipes

Long-stalked clover

Family: Fabaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Long-stalked clover is a California native perennial found in meadows, grasslands, and open woodlands at moderate elevations. Flowering from May to July, this clover produces dull white to purple flowers in dense heads 1.5 to 3 centimeters wide with distinctively curved peduncles. Growing with decumbent to erect stems that are generally puberulent, it forms loose clumps with or without underground rhizomes. Its leaves are composed of 2 to 5 centimeter leaflets ranging from linear to obovate, with lance-oblong to ovate stipules less than 2 centimeters long. The flowers have calyxes 5 to 10 millimeters long with lobes typically longer than the tube, creating a delicate and intricate appearance.

California counties: Nevada, Alpine, San Bernardino, Tulare, Inyo, Siskiyou, Plumas, Sierra, Modoc, Mono, Fresno, Trinity, Del Norte, El Dorado, Lassen, Placer, Tuolumne, Lake, Shasta, Humboldt, Glenn, Mendocino, Butte, Madera, Calaveras, Mariposa, Tehama, Amador

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