Trifolium palmeri

Southern island clover, Southern Island Clover

Family: Fabaceae · Type: annual · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 4.2

Southern island clover is a native annual herb found on the Channel Islands in grassy places near the ocean at elevations of 0 to 300 meters. Flowering from March to May, this plant produces purple or pink flowers in compact clusters 1 to 1.5 centimeters wide. Growing with erect, glabrous stems, it forms an upright annual with delicate branching. Its leaves feature 3 leaflets, each 10 to 30 millimeters long, with narrowly elliptic shape and distinctive bristle-like teeth at the edges. Its calyx is 4 to 6 millimeters long with narrow triangular lobes, supporting small flowers slightly larger than the calyx.

Habitat: Grassy places near ocean

Bloom period: Mar-May

Elevation: 0-300 m

Bioregions: ChI

California counties: Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, Ventura

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