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Fabaceae

Alpine clover

Trifolium dasyphyllum Torr. & A.Gray

Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Trifolium

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Alpine clover: Trifolium dasyphyllum 3725 meters (12200 feet) Mount Goliath area, Colorado sw16 285
Photo: brewbooks from near Seattle, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (2)
English
Alpine clover
Icelandic
Fagursmári

Synonyms

  • Trifolium anemophilum Greene
  • Trifolium dasyphyllum f. uintense (Rydb.) McDermott
  • Trifolium dasyphyllum subsp. anemophilum (Greene) J.M.Gillett
  • Trifolium dasyphyllum subsp. dasyphyllum
  • Trifolium dasyphyllum subsp. uintense (Rydb.) J.M.Gillett
  • Trifolium dasyphyllum var. anemophilum (Greene) J.S.Martin ex Isely
  • Trifolium dasyphyllum var. uintense (Rydb.) S.L.Welsh
  • Trifolium lividum Rydb.
  • Trifolium scariosum A.Nelson
  • Trifolium uintense Rydb.

Characteristics

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Lower 48 states: native

Photos

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.