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

Bees
Butterflies

Pollinators supported

2 confirmed and 141 likely

  • Likely

  • Confirmed

Black-and-blue Miner Bee

Andrena nigrocaerulea

Andrena plana

Adela eldorada

Angelic Sweat Bee

Agapostemon angelicus

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Mint

Mentha

Red Clover

Trifolium pratense

Turnips

Brassica rapa