Trifolium trichocalyx

Trifolium trichocalyx

Critically Imperiled  (NatureServe)
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. trichocalyx
Binomial name
Trifolium trichocalyx

Trifolium trichocalyx is a species of clover[1] known by the common name Monterey clover.[2]

Distribution

Trifolium trichocalyx is endemic to Monterey County, California, where it is known only from the Monterey Peninsula, in a closed-cone pine forest habitat.[3]

It occurs in the Del Monte Forest with flora associates Potentilla hickmanii and Piperia yadonii.[4] This species is listed as endangered by the U.S. Federal Government and the state of California.

See also

References

  1. ^ Jepson Manual Treatment
  2. ^ NRCS. "Trifolium trichocalyx". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 15 December 2015.
  3. ^ "California Native Plant Society Rare Plant Profile". Archived from the original on 2012-03-26. Retrieved 2011-07-19.
  4. ^ C. Michael Hogan and Michael P. Frankis. 2009. Monterey Cypress: Cupressus macrocarpa, GlobalTwitcher.com ed. N. Stromberg Archived 2017-09-06 at the Wayback Machine


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