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Trifolium cyathiferum
Also called Bowl Clover, Wide Collar Clover, Wide Collared Clover
Cup clover (Trifolium cyathiferum) is a low-growing annual clover from western North America, grown mainly as a wildflower or in native plant gardens. It is easy to grow from seed in cool, moist spring conditions and dies after setting seed.
Trifolium cyathiferum is a species of clover known by the common names cup clover and bowl clover.
This species occurs in western North America, its distribution extending from Alaska and the Yukon, through the Pacific Northwest to California, Utah, and Montana. As an example occurrence, it is found in the California Coast Ranges in such places as Ring Mountain, California, where it is found in association with tomcat clover.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Trifolium cyathiferum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
