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Trifolium bifidum is a species of clover known by the common names notchleaf clover and pinole clover. It is native to the western United States from Washington to California, where it grows in many types of habitat. It is an annual herb spreading or growing erect in form. It is lightly hairy to hairless in texture. The leaves are made up of oval leaflets 1 to 2 centimeters long, usually with notches in the tips. The inflorescence is a head of flowers up to 1. 5 centimeters wide. Each flower has a calyx of sepals that narrow to bristles covered in long hairs. The flower corolla is yellowish, pinkish, or purple and under a centimeter long. The flowers droop on the head as they age. Trifolium depauperatum is often discussed as comprising two Varieties: These are:

Plant type

Annual herb

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Color

Yellow, Purple, Pink

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Site type

Dunes, grassy places, wet meadows, open slopes

Plant communities

Coastal Prairie, Mixed Evergreen Forest

Caterpillars
Butterflies

Butterflies and moths supported

0 confirmed and 59 likely

Confirmed Likely

Garden Webworm Moth

Achyra rantalis

Ipsilon Dart

Agrotis ipsilon

Vancouver Dart Moth

Agrotis vancouverensis

Venerable Dart

Agrotis venerabilis