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Rocky Mountain Clover

Trifolium attenuatum

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Colorado.January 18, February 14, March 19, April 38, May 58, June 38, July 77, August 29, September 26, October 18, November 16, December 15.
United States457
Colorado317
New Mexico97
Texas42
Utah1

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

  • Forb or herb growth formListed by a harvested source as having a forb or herbaceous growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Perennial plantListed by a harvested source as having a perennial life duration.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Nitrogen fixingDescends from a plant lineage commonly associated with nitrogen-fixing symbioses.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderLegumes, Milkworts, and Allies · Fabales
FamilyLegumes · Fabaceae
Genusclovers · Trifolium

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Rocky Mountain Clover with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.