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{{Short description|Species of legume}}
{{Taxobox
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| image = Trifolium howellii.jpg
|image = Trifolium howellii.jpg
| image_caption = [[herbarium]] specimen
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
|image_caption = [[herbarium]] specimen
|genus = Trifolium
| unranked_divisio = [[Angiosperms]]
|species = howellii
| unranked_classis = [[Eudicots]]
| ordo = [[Fabales]]
|authority = [[Sereno Watson|S.Watson]]
| familia = [[Fabaceae]]
| subfamilia = [[Faboideae]]
| tribus = [[Trifolieae]]
| genus = ''[[Trifolium]]''
| species = '''''T. howellii'''''
| binomial = ''Trifolium howellii''
| binomial_authority = [[Sereno Watson|S.Watson]]
}}
}}

'''''Trifolium howellii''''' is a species of [[clover]] known by the common names '''canyon clover''' and '''Howell's clover'''. It is native to [[Oregon]] and [[California]], where it grows in moist and shady habitat types, such as [[swamp]]s and forest streambanks.
'''''Trifolium howellii''''' is a species of [[clover]] known by the common names '''canyon clover'''<ref>{{PLANTS|id=TRHO|taxon=Trifolium howellii|accessdate=15 December 2015}}</ref> and '''Howell's clover'''. It is native to [[Oregon]] and [[California]], where it grows in moist and shady habitat types, such as [[swamp]]s and forest streambanks.


==Description==
==Description==
It is a perennial herb growing erect with hairless herbage. The leaf blades are made up of large oval leaflets each measuring up to 10 centimeters long, and large [[stipule]]s which may be over 2 centimeters long.
It is a perennial herb growing erect with hairless herbage. The leaf blades are made up of large oval leaflets each measuring up to 10 centimeters long, and large [[stipule]]s which may be over 2 centimeters long.


The [[inflorescence]] is a round or elongated head of flowers up to 3 centimeters long, the flowers spreading out and drooping with age. Each flower has a greenish or pinkish corolla measuring one centimeter long or more.
The [[inflorescence]] is a round or elongated head of flowers up to 3 centimeters long, the flowers spreading out and drooping with age. Each flower has a greenish or pinkish corolla measuring one centimeter long or more.

==References==
{{Reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==
*[http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?3691,4222,4262 Jepson Manual Treatment]
*[http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?3691,4222,4262 Jepson Manual Treatment]
*[http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=TRHO USDA Plants Profile]
*[http://www.pnwflowers.com/flower/trifolium-howellii/gallery Photo gallery]
*[http://www.pnwflowers.com/flower/trifolium-howellii/gallery Photo gallery]

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[[Category:Trifolium|howellii]]
[[Category:Trifolium|howellii]]
[[Category:Flora of California]]
[[Category:Flora of California]]<!---for regions not below--->
[[Category:Flora of Oregon]]
[[Category:Flora of Oregon]]
[[Category:Klamath Mountains]]
[[Category:Flora of the Klamath Mountains]]
[[Category:Natural history of the California Coast Ranges]]
{{Faboideae-stub}}
[[Category:Flora without expected TNC conservation status]]


{{Trifolieae-stub}}

Latest revision as of 09:27, 24 June 2022

Trifolium howellii
herbarium specimen
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. howellii
Binomial name
Trifolium howellii

Trifolium howellii is a species of clover known by the common names canyon clover[1] and Howell's clover. It is native to Oregon and California, where it grows in moist and shady habitat types, such as swamps and forest streambanks.

Description[edit]

It is a perennial herb growing erect with hairless herbage. The leaf blades are made up of large oval leaflets each measuring up to 10 centimeters long, and large stipules which may be over 2 centimeters long.

The inflorescence is a round or elongated head of flowers up to 3 centimeters long, the flowers spreading out and drooping with age. Each flower has a greenish or pinkish corolla measuring one centimeter long or more.

References[edit]

  1. ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Trifolium howellii". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 15 December 2015.

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