Scientific name Trifolium depauperatum | Genus Trifolium Rank Species | |
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Similar Trifolium albopurpureum, Trifolium ciliolatum, Trifolium cyathiferum, Trifolium howellii, Trifolium microcephalum | ||
Trifolium depauperatum is a species of clover known by the common names cowbag clover, poverty clover, and balloon sack clover.
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Distribution
The plant is native to western North America from British Columbia to California, as well as towestern South America in Peru and Chile. It is a common plant of many types of habitat, including coastal prairie and mixed evergreen forest,.
Description
Trifolium depauperatum is a small annual herb growing upright or decumbent in form. The leaves are made up of oval leaflets up to 2 centimeters long which are smooth, toothed, lobed, or blunt-tipped. The inflorescence is a head of flowers up to 1.5 centimeters long. The flower has a pinkish purple white-tipped corolla up to a centimeter long. It becomes inflated as the fruit developed.
Subspecies
Trifolium depauperatum has several varieties, which can include: