Trifolium lemmonii
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Trifolium lemmonii is a species of clover
known by the common name Lemmon's clover. It is native to the Sierra Nevada of California
, its distribution extending just into Nevada
. It is a resident of the coniferous forests and sagebrush of the high mountains. It is a perennial herb spreading to form a mat or low clump. Each leaf is made up of 3 to 7 thick oval leaflets. The leaflets are 1 to 2 centimeters long, toothed on the edges, and coated in rough hairs. The inflorescence
is a spherical umbel roughly 2 centimeters wide borne on an erect, arching peduncle
. The flowes spread and droop from their attachment. Each has a hairy calyx of sepal
s with narrow, bristlelike lobes. The flower corolla is pale pink in color and just over a centimeter in length.
Clover
Clover , or trefoil, is a genus of about 300 species of plants in the leguminous pea family Fabaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution; the highest diversity is found in the temperate Northern Hemisphere, but many species also occur in South America and Africa, including at high altitudes...
known by the common name Lemmon's clover. It is native to the Sierra Nevada of California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
, its distribution extending just into Nevada
Nevada
Nevada is a state in the western, mountain west, and southwestern regions of the United States. With an area of and a population of about 2.7 million, it is the 7th-largest and 35th-most populous state. Over two-thirds of Nevada's people live in the Las Vegas metropolitan area, which contains its...
. It is a resident of the coniferous forests and sagebrush of the high mountains. It is a perennial herb spreading to form a mat or low clump. Each leaf is made up of 3 to 7 thick oval leaflets. The leaflets are 1 to 2 centimeters long, toothed on the edges, and coated in rough hairs. The inflorescence
Inflorescence
An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches. Strictly, it is the part of the shoot of seed plants where flowers are formed and which is accordingly modified...
is a spherical umbel roughly 2 centimeters wide borne on an erect, arching peduncle
Peduncle (botany)
In botany, a peduncle is a stem supporting an inflorescence, or after fecundation, an infructescence.The peduncle is a stem, usually green and without leaves, though sometimes colored or supporting small leaves...
. The flowes spread and droop from their attachment. Each has a hairy calyx of sepal
Sepal
A sepal is a part of the flower of angiosperms . Collectively the sepals form the calyx, which is the outermost whorl of parts that form a flower. Usually green, sepals have the typical function of protecting the petals when the flower is in bud...
s with narrow, bristlelike lobes. The flower corolla is pale pink in color and just over a centimeter in length.