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词条 Trifolium wormskioldii
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  1. Description

  2. Uses

  3. Etymology

  4. References

  5. External links

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|image = Trifolium wormskioldii.jpg
|status = G5
|status_system = TNC
|regnum = Plantae
|unranked_divisio = Angiosperms
|unranked_classis = Eudicots
|unranked_ordo = Rosids
|ordo = Fabales
|familia = Fabaceae
|subfamilia = Faboideae
|genus = Trifolium
|species = T. wormskioldii
|binomial = Trifolium wormskioldii
|binomial_authority = Lehm.
|synonyms = Lupinaster wormskioldii
Trifolium fendleri
Trifolium fimbriatum
Trifolium heterodon
Trifolium kennedianum
Trifolium spinulosum
|}}Trifolium wormskioldii is a species of clover.[1] Its common names include cows clover,[2] coast clover, sand clover, seaside clover, springbank clover,[3] and Wormskjold's clover.[1]

This plant native to the western half of North America from Alaska, through California, to Mexico. It grows in many locales, from beaches to mountain ridges, below about {{convert|3200|m|ft}} in elevation.[4]

Habitats it grows in include chaparral, oak woodland, grassland, yellow pine forest, red fir forest, lodgepole forest, subalpine forest, and wetland−riparian

Description

Trifolium wormskioldii, a legume. is a perennial herb sometimes taking a matlike form, with decumbent or upright stems. The leaves are made up of leaflets measuring 1 to 3 centimeters long. The lower stipules are tipped with bristles and the upper stipules may be toothed.

The rounded inflorescences are 2 or 3 centimeter wide. The sepals are bristle-tipped. The corollas are pinkish purple or magenta with white tips.[4]

Uses

Many Native American groups of western North America used this clover for food. The herbage and flowers were eaten raw, sometimes salted. The roots were commonly steamed or boiled and eaten with fish, fish eggs, and fish grease.[5]

This species is host to the caterpillar of the Western cloudywing butterfly (Thorybes diversus).[6]

Etymology

The species was given its scientific name in honour of the Danish botanist Morten Wormskjold.[7]

References

1. ^Trifolium wormskioldii. The Nature Conservancy.
2. ^{{PLANTS|id=TRWO|taxon=Trifolium wormskioldii|accessdate=15 December 2015}}
3. ^{{GRIN | accessdate = 19 January 2018}}
4. ^Jepson T. wormskioldii
5. ^Trifolium wormskioldii. Native American Ethnobotany. University of Michigan, Dearborn.
6. ^Thorybes diversus. Butterflies and Moths of North America.
7. ^Charters, M. L. "wormskioldii". California Plant Names: Latin and Greek Meanings and Derivations.

External links

  • Calflora Database: Trifolium wormskioldii (Coast clover, Cow clover, Springbank clover)
  • Jepson Manual eFlora (TJM2) treatment of Trifolium wormskioldii{{Dead link|date=July 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=no }}
  • USDA Plants Profile: Trifolium wormskioldii (cows clover)
  • UC CalPhotos gallery: Trifolium wormskioldii
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