Data provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria

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Trifolium fucatum is a species of clover known by the common names bull clover and sour clover. It is native to California and Oregon, where it grows in many types of habitat, becoming common to abundant in some areas. Trifolium fucatum is an annual herb growing decumbent to erect in form, the stem often thick-walled and hollow. The leaf blades are made up of oval or rounded leaflets with smooth or toothed edges, and the leaves have large stipules. The inflorescence is a head of flowers with a base of wide bracts. Each flower corolla is 1 to 2 centimeters long and white or yellowish with purple tips. The flower becomes inflated as the fruit develops.

Plant type

Annual herb

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low

Sunset Zones

5*, 6*, 7*, 8*, 9*, 14*, 15*, 16*, 17*, 18*, 19*, 20*, 21*, 22*, 23*, 24*

Site type

Disturbed places

Plant communities

Chaparral, Foothill Woodland, Valley Grassland, Yellow Pine Forest, Wetland-Riparian

Bees
Butterflies

Pollinators supported

10 confirmed and 126 likely

  • Likely

  • Confirmed

Smooth-faced Miner Bee

Andrena miserabilis

Obscure Bumble Bee

Bombus caliginosus

Black-tailed Bumble Bee

Bombus melanopygus

Yellow-faced Bumble Bee

Bombus vosnesenskii

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Mint

Mentha

Olives

Olea europaea

Dry Beans

Phaseolus vulgaris