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Clammy clover

Trifolium obtusiflorum

Also called Creek Clover, Sour Salt Clover

Clammy clover
Photo: Anthony Valois and the National Park Service, Public domain
Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Annual
Water
Likes moisture
Native range
W. Oregon to Mexico (Baja California, Sinaloa)
Climate
temperate

About

Trifolium obtusiflorum is a species of clover known by the common name clammy clover.

Where it grows

It is native to California in the Peninsular, Transverse, Sierra Nevada, and the California Coast Ranges and Cascade Range into southwestern Oregon.

Other Trifolium plants

Rancheria clover · Egyptian clover · Owl-head clover · Alpine clover · Kura clover · Showy Indian clover · Fiveleaf clover · Intermountain clover · Narrowleaf crimson clover · Hare's-foot Clover · Golden clover · Brown clover

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Trifolium obtusiflorum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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.

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