Trifolium longipes subsp. elmeri

Elmer's clover, Elmer's Clover

Family: Fabaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Elmer's clover is a California native perennial found in the Klamath Ranges, northern Coast Ranges, and Cascade Ranges in moist, shaded areas like streambanks and meadows at elevations of 600 to 1,700 meters. Flowering from June to September, this plant produces nearly white flowers in compact clusters with spreading to ascending blossoms. Growing with slender stems, it forms low-spreading clumps typically 10 to 30 centimeters tall. Its leaves feature distinctive trefoil structures with leaflets approximately 6 to 10 times longer than their width, creating a delicate, lacy appearance. Each flower cluster has short pedicels less than one millimeter long, giving the plant a tight, compact inflorescence.

Habitat: Moist, shaded areas, streambanks, meadows

Bloom period: Jun-Sep

Elevation: 600-1700 m

Bioregions: KR, NCoR, CaR

California counties: Plumas, Trinity, Del Norte, Siskiyou, Tehama, Shasta, Humboldt, Nevada, Placer, Tuolumne

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