Fabaceae
Fewflower clover
Trifolium oliganthum
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Trifolium
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Common names
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- English
- Fewflower clover
Synonyms
- Trifolium filipes Greene
- Trifolium hexanthum Greene ex A.Heller
- Trifolium oliganthum f. sonomense (Greene) McDermott
- Trifolium oliganthum var. sonomense Greene
- Trifolium oliganthum var. triflorum (Greene) Greene
- Trifolium pauciflorum Torr. & A.Gray
- Trifolium pauciflorum Steud.
- Trifolium pauciflorum Nutt.
- Trifolium sonomense D.Heller
- Trifolium triflorum Greene
- Trifolium variegatum var. pauciflorum McDermott
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Zoya Akulova, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.