Data provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria

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Trifolium microdon is a species of clover known by the common name thimble clover. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to southern California, where it grows in many types of habitat, including disturbed areas. It is an annual herb taking a decumbent or erect form. It is coated in hairs. The leaves are made up of oval leaflets with notched or flat tips, each measuring up to 1. 5 centimeters long. The inflorescence is a head of flowers borne in a deep bowl-like involucre of bracts that can nearly envelop the whole head. The flower corollas are white to pink and about half a centimeter long.

Plant type

Annual herb

Plant communities

Closed-cone Pine Forest, Coastal Prairie, Mixed Evergreen Forest, Valley Grassland

Caterpillars
Butterflies

Butterflies and moths supported

0 confirmed and 56 likely

Confirmed Likely

Garden Webworm Moth

Achyra rantalis

Ipsilon Dart

Agrotis ipsilon

Vancouver Dart Moth

Agrotis vancouverensis

Venerable Dart

Agrotis venerabilis