Trifolium albopurpureum

Trifolium albopurpureum is a species of clover known by the common name rancheria clover.^[1]

Trifolium albopurpureum
with Lasthenia californica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Faboideae
Genus:	Trifolium
Species:	T. albopurpureum
Binomial name
Trifolium albopurpureum Torr. & A.Gray

It is native to the west coast of North America from British Columbia, California and the Sierra Nevada, to Baja California. It can be found in a wide variety of habitats, including chaparral and woodlands, grasslands, forests, and montane locales.

Description

Trifolium albopurpureum is an annual herb growing decumbent or erect in form. The leaflets are 1 to 3 centimeters long, and the herbage is hairy. The inflorescence is a spike of flowers measuring 0.5 to 2 centimeters wide. Each flower has a calyx of sepals with narrow lobes that taper into a bristle-shaped point and are coated in long hairs. Within the calyx is the flower corolla, which is purple and white in color.

Subspecies

Trifolium albopurpureum is often discussed as comprising three varieties. These are:

• Trifolium albopurpureum var. albopurpureum
• Trifolium albopurpureum var. dichotomum
• Trifolium albopurpureum var. olivaceum