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Fabaceae

Woods clover

Trifolium pinetorum Greene

Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Trifolium

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Woods clover: Trifolium pinetorum along Meadow Creek on the north side of the Pinos Altos Range, 32.9397 -108.1593, Grant County, New Mexico, 7 Sep 2013.
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

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English
Woods clover

Synonyms

  • Trifolium longicaule Wooton & Standl.
  • Trifolium triaristatum f. pinetorum (Greene) McDermott
  • Trifolium willdenovii var. longicaule (Wooton & Standl.) L.D.Benson
  • Trifolium wormskioldii var. longicaule (Wooton & Standl.) L.D.Benson

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.