Trifolium wormskioldii

Trifolium wormskioldii
Trifolium wormskioldii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Trifolium
Species: T. wormskioldii
Binomial name
Trifolium wormskioldii
Lehm.

The legume Trifolium wormskioldii (syn. Trifolium fimbriatum, Trifolium involucratum) is a species of clover native to the western half of North America. Its common names include cow clover, coast clover and springbank clover. It has a broad distribution, growing in low, thick mats in coastal sand, sending up longer stalks in higher elevations, and in a thin, squat form in mountainous areas up to about 3200 feet in elevation. The pinkish-purple or magenta flowers grow in rounded inflorescences similar to those of other clovers.

Cow clover was a common food for several Native American groups, the roots cooked and eaten especially with fish, and the leaves eaten raw as a vegetable.

Name etymology

The species was given its scientific name in honour of the botanist Morten Wormskjold.

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