Data provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria

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Cows Clover (Trifolium wormskioldii) is a native perennial herb that grows in northern, southern and central California. It is moderately fast growing and moderately long-lived. It grows in a flat form to a height of 1 foot, with active growth during the spring and summer. Flowers are red and striking, and bloom in the late spring. Leaves are medium green and deciduous. It tends to grow in open and moist or marshy places, at elevations from 0-10000 feet.

Plant type

Perennial herb

Size

1 ft Tall

Form

Mounding

Growth rate

Moderate

Dormancy

Winter Deciduous

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Color

Red, Purple

Flowering season

Spring

Special uses

Deer resistant

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Moderate

Soil drainage

Medium, Slow

Soil description

Prefers loamy soils.

Sunset Zones

1, 2, 3, 4*, 5*, 6*, 7*, 8*, 9*, 14*, 15*, 16*, 17*

Site type

Open, moist or marshy places

Plant communities

Chaparral, Foothill Woodland, Lodgepole Forest, Red Fir Forest, Subalpine Forest, Valley Grassland, Yellow Pine Forest, Wetland-Riparian

Bats
Bees
Caterpillars
Butterflies

Butterflies and moths supported

3 confirmed and 67 likely

Confirmed Likely

Chionodes braunella

Greenish Blue

Icaricia saepiolus

Western Cloudywing

Thorybes diversus

Garden Webworm Moth

Achyra rantalis