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§1 Plant

Trifolium microcephalum Pursh

vernacular smallhead clover — species · Fabaceae


USDA
TRMI4
GBIF
5359025
Rank
species
smallhead clover (Trifolium microcephalum)
Platephotograph · Walter FertigCC BY-NC source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Duration
Annual
Group
Dicot
Family
Fabaceae Lindl.
Genus
Trifolium
§2a

Native status, by region

  • AK Alaska Introduced
  • CAN Canada Native
  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b

County-level range

· 123 counties across 6 states/territories
Legend Native · 123 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation

No cultivation specs.

USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.


§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 123 counties across 6 states/territories.

Arizona view state ↗ 2 N
California view state ↗ 53 N
Idaho view state ↗ 12 N
Nevada view state ↗ 5 N
Oregon view state ↗ 25 N
Washington view state ↗ 26 N

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/TRMI4 ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/5359025 ↗

Record version

Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:

usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26

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