Data provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria

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Trifolium gracilentum is a species of clover known by the common names pinpoint clover and slender clover. It is native to western North America including the west coast of the United States and northwestern Mexico, where it grows in many types of habitat, including disturbed areas. It is an annual herb growing prostrate to erect in form with mostly hairless or slightly hairy herbage. The leaves are made up of lance-shaped to oval leaflets. The inflorescence is an umbel of flowers that spread out or flex downward. The flowers have pink or purple corollas less than a centimeter long. One variety of this species, var. palmeri, is a rare plant limited to the Channel Islands of California; it is sometimes treated as a species in its own right, Trifolium palmeri.

Plant type

Annual herb

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Color

Purple, Pink

Flowering season

Spring

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Moderate, High

Site type

Moist grassy places and other wet places

Plant communities

Chaparral, Foothill Woodland, Valley Grassland

Bees
Caterpillars
Butterflies

Butterflies and moths supported

0 confirmed and 64 likely

Confirmed Likely

Garden Webworm Moth

Achyra rantalis

Ipsilon Dart

Agrotis ipsilon

Vancouver Dart Moth

Agrotis vancouverensis

Venerable Dart

Agrotis venerabilis