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Trifolium microcephalum
Also called Small Headed Clover, Little Headed Clover, Maiden Clover, Marden Clover, Small Head Clover
Smallhead clover is a small annual clover from western North America, with tiny pinkish flower heads and a low or upright habit. It is a wild plant that grows readily in disturbed ground, so it is mostly found in natural settings rather than gardens.
Trifolium microcephalum is a species of clover known by the common names smallhead clover and small-headed clover.
It is native to western North America from southern Alaska and British Columbia to California, Montana, Arizona, and Baja California, where it occurs in many types of habitat, becoming common to abundant in some regions. It can grow in disturbed habitat and become a casual roadside weed.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Trifolium microcephalum 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.
